It was enough to dream on — even if it was against the Dolphins’ second- and third-stringers.
Justin Fields rolled right, looked back across the field and saw Jesse James with no one around him. The Bears’ rookie quarterback stopped and flicked the ball 24 yards in the air toward the tight end, who was so open when he caught the ball that he moonwalked six yards into the end zone. Bears fans, watching a game at Soldier Field for the first time since the end of the 2019 season, roared with approval at the 30-yard touchdown. So did LeBron James. “Justin Fields is so SPECIAL man!!” the Lakers star tweeted a minute later. “Keep going young [king].” The world’s greatest basketball player — a lifelong fan of Ohio State, where Fields shined before the Bears drafted him — used a crown emoji instead of the word king. Saturday’s exhibition game wasn’t a coronation — it was merely a 20-13 exhibition win against the Dolphins at Soldier Field. But Fields made the Bears relevant on a live NFL Network broadcast that was only put in place because of national interest in the young quarterback. It was enough to dream on — even if it was against the Dolphins’ second- and third-stringers. The touchdown pass will lead the Fields highlight reel, followed closely by the nine-yard touchdown run in which Fields looked left, saw his tight end fall down, stepped behind rushing linebacker Tyshun Render like a boxer avoiding a punch and sprinted left for a score.
