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The Chicago Bears have stated rather clearly that they do not plan on Justin Fields starting this season if all things go right. That is completely fine, and Fields taking as much time as possible to ease into the NFL is not an issue. Matt Nagy was with the Kansas City Chiefs when they had this plan with Alex Smith and Patrick Mahomes, and Nagy seems set on repeating this ordeal.
While it sounds good in theory that Dalton leads a playoff team in 2021 and then passes the baton in 2021, things rarely go perfectly to their plan.