Posted on 02/16/2023 8:05:03 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
Some of the most memorable moments in Chicago football history have been played in snow, wind, cold and fog, but Bears quarterback Justin Fields hopes that all comes to an end.
Fields said on Pardon My Take that the weather in Chicago makes his job much more difficult, and he’d rather play indoors.
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Sorry, Justin, but you’ll still have to play one up in northern Wisconsin.
Favre, from way southern Mississippi, could do it, and so can you.
Go Bears!
Well, the Bears gotta practice in it, so by the time the other team gets there, all the Bears probably already have come down with mild hypothermia and a chest cold :)
Good question - I believe the original design introduced last October indicated a natural grass field. On the other hand, neither construction, nor even site prep, has started yet.
What the Bears really need is an actual NFL-caliber QB, which these days costs about as much as a new stadium anyway.
Like any good, patriotic American I pay very little attention to the woke NFL lately, but back in the day I was all for outdoor football in less than perfect climates.
Just one reason among many is that I miss those days when 50+ yard field goals were somewhat less than automatic because they had to kick outdoors, on grass fields that teams didn’t spend a gazillion $ a year manicuring, without drainage that could suck down a monsoon in a microsecond.
If I were a sub-mediocre player like Justin Fields, I’d relish a situation like that because adverse conditions level the playing field to some extent and give mediocrities a greater chance at success. When the conditions aren’t a major factor, the better team (and better players) usually comes out on top.
What rain?
I think the Bears have an indoor practice faculty.
Imagine actually caring about this completely meaningless crap.
Pro football in a $9 billion business. People care.
Let him go play in the indoor league.
Back in my high school days, many small schools had their football field where the baseball diamond was. If it was muddy or even still raining, we played. Defense was harder because it was difficult to hang on the slimey muddy leg(s) of a ball carrier. You might end up with nothing but a shoe.
Went to a HS playoff over 25 yrs later to watch a game played on a rain saturated turf with 3” of wet snow. Had to have been a state record for fumbles. It seemed like the entire game was played between the 40s. Still snowing in overtime. Our team lost, but had demolished everybody previous, with superior size, speed, and athleticism. The wet mud and snow leveled the playing field that day. It became a game of who fumbled the least.
I too was a Ram fan from the days of old. Their old Uni’s were a sight to behold. Roman Gabriel, Merlin Olsen, Lamar Lundy Rosie Grier. I remember when they didn’t make the playoffs the year the Colts lost to the Jets....game was fixed..... Colts won their division, why were Baltimore and LA in the same division? Colts were 13-1, Rams were 12-2. Imagine a two loss team does not make the playoffs. The merger was when the game was set on self destruct...JMO.
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