Justin Fields keeps showing he has the mettle to play in the league

You might still have questions about whether or not Justin Fields is “the guy” going forward for the Chicago Bears. Or you may not (in either direction).

He understands the business of the game and must know the Bears in all likelihood will use a top-2 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft on a quarterback — possibly regardless of anything he does over the next five games of the season — if the Carolina Panthers gift one to Chicago.

And he knows the only way to change minds (or make someone else swing for him in the trade market in the off-season) is to keep his head on straight.

When asked yesterday at his presser how much he hears the outside noise about his future and whether he feels his situation has been fair in Chicago, Fields gave a very honest, and probably telling, assessment.

“I mean, life isn’t fair,” Fields said. “So me personally, I’m just focused on what I can control, and the rest is in God’s hands.

“Wherever, if I’m here next year, if I’m not, football doesn’t define who I am as a person. . . . I know that God’s got me, and I’m going to be good. I’m very blessed in the position I am in, and I think a million people would love to be in the position I am right now. So really just, I’m not taking that for granted and just taking each and every moment I have every day up here to the fullest.”

Fields made similar comments after the Bears’ blowout loss against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3, the nadir of the team’s early-season struggles. Since that point, the third-year quarterback has played markedly better football, though the team is still 2-3 in his starts.