EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Justin Fields has 117 passing yards at halftime Sunday— four short of his game-long high this season — but the Bears have managed only three field goals and trail the Giants 14-9 at MetLife Stadium.
Fields threw a 56-yard completion to wide receiver Darnell Mooney in the first quarter and a 24-yard screen pass to running back Khalil Herbert in the second. The deep ball more than doubled Mooney’s receiving yards total entering the game.
Fields has run for 43 yards on four carries — but has also been sacked five times. None was more impactful than when, with about 10 minutes to play in the first half— and immediately after he converted the long screen to Herbert on third-and-20 — Fields was hit by defensive end Azeez Ojulari as he threw.