Sometimes it is less important how you get from point A to point B because it is of the utmost importance that you get to point B.

At least, that’s how I feel about the Justin Fields experience at this point.

We all knew Fields’ day would come. It was only a matter of time. As a college quarterback, Fields was a star who displayed incredible talent in arms, athleticism and leadership skills. After being drafted with the 11th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, Fields has flaunted these skills throughout minicamps, training camp and preseason. But now, the time has come to put into practice everything he has learned on his way to begin with. There is no look over his shoulder. And don’t try to overdo it in an attempt to climb the depths table because a veteran is ahead of him. Now is Justin Fields time. Complete stop.

Fields doesn’t have to do everything today. And to be clear, he doesn’t have to do it on his own. So I hope his coaches and teammates will make him understand this point. But today is the first chapter of what will hopefully be a great book with a storybook ending. And Fields will be the author, as we would have liked in April.

Game Info

Chicago Bear (2-2) against Las Vegas Adventurers (3-1) – on CBS-TV (Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn), WBBM-AM 780 and WCFS-FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote)

Kick-off time: 3:05 CT
To place: Allegiant Stadium; Las Vegas
Arbitrator: Craig wrolstad
Chances: Bear – + 5.5 (-110), O / U 45.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Game Feed (Week 5 Preview)

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Hype Video

Coaches

Bears Matt Nagy (30-22) vs. Raiders Jon Gruden (117-111 overall, 60-56 with Raiders)

Starting quarters and projected game statistics

BEAR: Justin Fields: 21/33, 232 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 6 carries, 24 rushing yards

versus

RAVIERS: Derek Carr: 24/36, 285 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 3 runs, 8 meters

Statistics projected via ESPN projections

Bear offense (entries shown in bold)

RB Damien Williams
Reserves: Khalil Herbert, Ryan Nall

WR Allen Robinson II, Darnell Mooney, Marquise Goodwin
Reserves: Damiere Byrd, Jakeem Grant

TE Cole Kmet
Reserves: Jimmy Graham, Jesper Horsted

LT Jason Peters
LG Cody Whitehair
C Sam Mustipher
RG James Daniels
RT Germain Ifedi
Reserves: Elijah Wilkinson, Alex Bars, Lachavious Simmons

Bear Defense

DT Angelo Blackson
NT Eddie Goldman
BY Bilal Nichols
Reserves: Khyiris Tonga

OLB Khalil Mack, Robert Quinn
Reserves: Jeremiah Attaochu, Trevis Gipson

ILB Roquan Smith, Alec Ogletree
Reserves: Christian Jones, Caleb Johnson, Danny Trevathan

CB Jaylon Johnson, Kindle Vildor
Reserves: Duke Shelley, Xavier Crawford

Eddie Jackson, Deon Bush
Reserves: Marqui Christian, DeAndre Houston-Carson

Bears Special Teams

Santos of Cairo (kicker), Pat O’Donnell (bettor), Patrick Libra (long snapper), Khalil Herbert (kick return), Jakeem Grant (punt shots)

Inactive bears

Inactive for #CHIvsLV: pic.twitter.com/s77xBofTMP

– Chicago Bear (@ChicagoBears) 10 October 2021

Projected Raiders Starters

Offense
• QB Derek Carr
• RB Josh Jacobs
• WR Henry Ruggs III, Bryan Edwards, Hunter Renfrow
• TE Darren Waller
• LT Kolton Miller, LG John Simpson, C Andre James, RG Alex Leatherwood, RT Brandon Parker

Defense
• DE Yannick Ngakoue, Maxx Crosby, DT Quinton Jefferson, NT Johnathan Hankins
• LB Denzel Perryman, Nick Kwiatkowski
• LCB Amik Robertson, RCB Casey Hayward Jr., Nate Hobbs
• FS Tre’von Moehrig, SS Jonathan Abraham

Specialists
• Daniel Carlson (kicker), AJ Cole (kicker, titular), Trent Sieg (long snapper), Kenyan Drake, Hunter Renfrow (kick and punt returns)

Inactive Raiders

The following players are inactive for #CHIvsLV pic.twitter.com/SzTsO09ObW

– Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) 10 October 2021