Bears quarterback Justin Fields is one of the NFL’s most exciting players, where he showed last season why he’s arguably the best running quarterback in the league.
Fields rushed for 1,143 yards, becoming just the third quarterback to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season, joining the likes of Lamar Jackson and Michael Vick. But it hasn’t been without its criticisms, as some people are saying Fields is just a running back playing the quarterback position.
At the NFL Scouting Combine, Fields’ former teammates were asked what they would say to those critics, and they all had a similar response that blasted those people.
Here’s what Fields’ former college teammates said in his defense: