Bears GM makes it clear Justin Fields isn't a 'finger-pointer,' says team isn’t 'panicking' amid rough start

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Third-year quarterback Justin Fields raised eyebrows at the Chicago Bears training facility this week when he suggested that the coaching staff was at least partly responsible for his "robotic" play.

Matt Eberflus is entering his second season as the Bears head coach and many hoped to see Fields make strides in 2023. Instead, Fields has seemingly regressed.

"You know, could be coaching, I think … they are doing their job when they are giving me what to look at, but at the end of the day, I can’t be thinking about that when the game comes," Fields said at a press conference before Wednesday's practice.

On Thursday, Bears general manager Ryan Poles decided to hold his own press conference to make it clear that the organization does not view the star quarterback as the type of player who places blame on others.

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Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields leaves the field after a 25-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field in Chicago on Dec. 18, 2022. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"No one in our entire building, none of our coaches see Justin as a finger-pointer," Poles said. "The kid has always taken ownership of anything that has happened on the field. He takes it head-on. He grinds. He works [with all] to find solutions."

Poles added that there is no sense of panic in the building.

"To make it really, really clear, I know the outside noise, but no one in our building is panicking. No one is flinching at any situations, not our owner, not our president, our head coach, not myself, none of our players. Everyone is focusing on solving