Fields’ 61-yard run was the longest by a Bears quarterback, eclipsing Vince Evans’ 58-yarder Nov. 16, 1980, in a 10-6 loss to the Houston Oilers at Soldier Field.
“On that one touchdown, he just blew right past me,” Kmet said. “I just figured ‘just get out of his way and let him do his thing.'”
“On that long touchdown run, I thought he was going to get tackled,” said running back Khalil Herbert. “So I’m running right beside him and he just breaks [loose] and I’m like, ‘Wow, let me try to see if I can go catch him.’ He’s just special.”
Fields accounted for the Bears’ 10 longest plays from scrimmage Sunday with runs of 61, 17, 17, 14, 13 and 12 yards and passes of 18, 16, 12 and 12 yards. He was also responsible for eight of his team’s 10 third-down conversions, highlighted by runs of 61 yards for a TD on third-and-5, 14 yards on third-and-1 and 12 yards on third-and-8, as well as passes of 16 yards for a TD on third-and-8 and 10 yards on third-and-10.
“I think I’m just growing and getting better each and every week,” Fields said. “My main goal right now is just to continue to do that; continue to trend up, and each and every day I practice, just keep getting better and better. I mean, that’s really all you can do.”
Fields has now accounted for nine of the offense’s 11 touchdowns in the Bears’ last three games after the unit mustered only nine TDs in its first six contests of the season.
In his previous two starts before Sunday, Fields completed 30 of 43 passes for 330 yards with three touchdowns, one interception and a 105.8 passer rating while also rushing for 142 yards and two TDs on 22 carries. Last Sunday in Dallas, he established career highs with a 73.9 completion percentage (17 of 23) and a 120.0 passer rating while also rushing for 60 yards on eight carries.
The former Ohio State star produced three TDs versus the Cowboys for the first time in his NFL career and topped that feat with four Sunday.
“It’s special,” Eberflus said. “We are building our football team. We have a young football team. We are building upon that, and the centerpiece of that is the quarterback. That’s the way it is in the NFL.
“Talk about toughness and grit and the ability to persevere through a lot of different things. Obviously start of the season is feeling his way, and now the last three games he’s really taken off. We are excited about that as a group and we are excited about that for the Chicago Bears and the franchise.”
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