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(3) Will the Bears do a better job of finishing late in the game?

Fields has fueled an offensive explosion of late; the Bears have averaged 31.0 points over their last four games, exactly double the 15.5 points they averaged over their first six contests. But they lost their last two games to the Dolphins 35-32 and Lions 31-30 after failing to score on their final possession.

Since edging the Texans 23-20 on Cairo Santos‘ 30-yard field goal as time expired in Week 3, the Bears have dropped five straight one-score games, also falling to the Giants 20-12, Vikings 29-22 and Commanders 12-7.

Asked what he wants the offense to accomplish the rest of the season, Fields said: “Just keep improving, keep putting points up on the board.”

“I think we’ve done that over the past few weeks,” he said. “But the main thing is when we get those opportunities at the end of a game, just to finish those off. Those two-minute drives, coach [Matt Eberflus] pulled up a stat that we are the best team in the league when it comes to those end of half, two-minutes drives, on offense and defense. So, we just want to translate that to the end of the game.”

The Bears’ 38 points in the fourth quarter this season are their fewest in any period. Learning to finish would be beneficial for multiple reasons.

“One, you want to win, right?” said offensive coordinator Luke Getsy. “It feels better to win for sure, so that’s important. And then the second part is just it gets confidence in everybody, believing in themselves, believing they can do it.”