Just before the final play of the Chicago Bears’ 19-10 victory over the San Francisco 49 ers Sunday, Justin Fields heard a teammate make the suggestion. So after Fields took the snap from center Sam Mustipher and kneeled down to run out the clock, he popped back up, tossed the ball behind him and raced 20 yards to the Soldier Field end zone. With left tackle Braxton.
Just before the final play of the Chicago Bears’ 19-10 victory over the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, Justin Fields heard a teammate make the suggestion.
He’s not sure who said it, maybe an offensive lineman. But the Bears quarterback immediately agreed.
“Oh yeah, everybody’s got to do it,” Fields told his teammates.
So after Fields took the snap from center Sam Mustipher and kneeled down to run out the clock, he popped back up, tossed the ball behind him and raced 20 yards to the Soldier Field end zone. With left tackle Braxton Jones and tight end Cole Kmet on his tail, Fields dived headfirst across the rain-soaked grass, spreading his arms wide in a Superman pose, a giant smile under his helmet, a spray of water shooting out from underneath him.
The Slip ‘N Slide celebration was the perfect topper to a wildly wet, come-from-behind victory in which the Bears scored 19 second-half points to upset the 49ers, who last season made it to the NFC championship game.
“That was a snapshot moment,” Fields said.
It was one of a few highlights for Fields, who helped spark the rally after a first half in which the offense had 68 net offensive yards and Fields had a 2.8 passer rating.
“Rough sledding in the first half,” Bears coach Matt Eberflus said. “We were trying to find our way. And then we found our way going into the two-minute drive (at the end of the first half). They really picked up the pace from there.”
Fields led three straight second-half touchdown drives and finished with 121 passing yards, two touchdowns, an interception, an 85.
