For the primary time in what looks like endlessly, there’s optimism surrounding the quarterback place with the Chicago Bears. The arrival of first-round rookie Justin Fields brings with it the promise of a brand new period for the group and people fantasies of contending within the NFC North have solely been heated up over the previous couple of days attributable to his spectacular displaying throughout rookie minicamp. Nonetheless, Fields will not be given the keys to run Matt Nagy’s offense off of that efficiency alone and it could seem the No. 11 total choose nonetheless has a methods to go earlier than he is dubbed QB1. 

Nagy reiterated on Sunday that veteran Andy Dalton, who signed a one-year cope with the membership earlier this offseason, is the starter in the intervening time and is “going to get the one reps” as soon as the membership opens up organized staff actions subsequent week. 

Regardless of each Dalton and Fields being new to the Bears, the previous has a decade of NFL expertise below his belt, which can give him the early edge to probably win the job out of the gate. Whereas Fields is the clear future below heart in Chicago, Nagy seems to be taking the sluggish method together with his younger quarterback, opting to ease him into the league to stop any pace bumps in his improvement. 

“I do know that point is the most important query proper now for Justin and I fully perceive that, as a result of there’s an pleasure, there’s that need for all of us to see what Justin can do,” Nagy stated, through NFL.com. “We would be mendacity to you if we did not say that or imagine that. However we acquired to verify as we undergo this factor that we additionally do what’s finest for the Bears and for Justin.” 

Whereas Nagy could also be holding out from clearing a path atop the depth chart for Fields, the quarterback is making no qualms about desirous to be the membership’s starter. 

“I feel all people on our staff ought to be striving for a beginning job and in the event you’re not, there is not any motive so that you can be right here,” Fields instructed reporters Friday. “After all, I am gonna do the whole lot that I can to get that beginning job.  It is actually less than me, Coach [Matt] Nagy has a set plan on my improvement. I am simply going to work laborious, preserve my head down, and simply preserve grinding it out each day.”

Figuring out how the quarterback reps can be break up all through the summer season can be one of many extra intriguing developments with the Bears. Not solely are Fields and Dalton a part of that dialogue, however so is former Tremendous Bowl MVP Nick Foles. Nagy relayed that he and offensive coordinator Invoice Lazor haven’t but created a transparent pie chart of who’ll take what reps heading into the remainder of the offseason program. That stated, it would not be shocking to see that state of affairs be a bit extra fluid relying on the strides Fields makes or would not make as these weeks and months progress.