Rookie quarterback Justin Fields is who the Bears thought he was.
“He’s the guy we thought we were getting when we watched him on tape,” Bears quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo said Monday. “Boy, we were excited when we watched that college tape — and there’s reason. That translated over into here.
“And that’s a good thing, because I’ve been at places — not just with the quarterback position — where you draft a guy and you’re like, ‘Oh boy, that’s not what I saw on tape’ ... We’re just happy that he’s really exciting, there’s a lot of room to grow and get better.