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Tick, tick, tick: It’s only Year 2, but Bears QB Justin Fields must prove himself quickly

The world spins faster for quarterbacks, and the ones who have the almost superhuman ability to slow it down are the ones who conquer and endure.

That’s the challenge Justin Fields faces this season with the Bears: bending time in his favor.

Quarterbacks usually have less than three seconds after the snap to decipher the many moving parts on the field and about three seasons to prove their franchises should bet their future on them. The best ones read defenses so quickly that time becomes irrelevant, and they often unleash so much firepower so early in their careers that it renders moot any conversation about their place in the long-term plan.