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Backup QB will be important spot for Bears in 2023, so they can’t let this happen again

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Peterman hasn’t started a game since throwing three interceptions and posting a 45.3 rating in a 2018 game against the Bears.

The Bears went to their backup quarterback twice this season, and both times it immediately rendered the game pointless.

First there was the fiasco against the Jets in which they acted as though starting Justin Fields was a legitimate possibility all the way until the morning of the game, then Trevor Siemian strained an oblique muscle in warmups and took himself out of consideration. That paved the way for practice-squad callup Nathan Peterman to make his first start since 2018.