FOXBORO, MA—Shoring up his resolve as he made peace with his likely fate, Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields reportedly handed off letters to his family Monday in case he didn’t make it out of the next sack alive. “Take these letters, David [Montgomery], and see that they are delivered to my family should the…
FOXBORO, MA—Shoring up his resolve as he made peace with his likely fate, Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields reportedly handed off letters to his family Monday in case he didn’t make it out of the next sack alive.
I can only be sacked on so many occasions before there is a sack I will never return from. Our offensive tackles are weak and cannot hold out much longer, and before we know it the blitz will be upon me. I want my family to know that it was them I thought of as my pass protection fell and I looked in vain for a receiver to get open. Run, David, run like the wind! It doesn’t look good for me, but duty requires me to remain here in the pocket and protect the football to my last breath.