Bears' Justin Fields has 'gotten better each week,' OC says

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields ranks last in the NFL in completions (34), attempts (67), passer rating (58.7) and interception percentage (6). As a team, Chicago is 32nd in total passing and passing yards per game and is at the bottom of other statistical passing categories, including the fewest first downs earned by passing (17) and tied for the lowest number of touchdown passes (2).

The first four games of Fields' second season with the Bears have been challenging by any stretch. But that's not how offensive coordinator Luke Getsy described it on Thursday.

«I don't think he's had a rough month,» Getsy said. «I think he's gotten better each week. I think he's growing tremendously. And you know, it's not easy. We're playing good football teams, and it's not easy to become the level of quarterback that he wants to become, and I know that he can become.

»The important thing is that we stay focused, keep our eyes on that progress or on that process and we make sure we get better each and every week and I believe that we're in that phase."

Fields is completing a league-low 50.7% of his passes and has been critical of his own performances in previous games, notably calling his outing against the Houston Texans in Week 3 «trash.» The quarterback said he felt the passing game operated better in a 20-12 loss to the New York Giants in Week 4 but noted played he wished he could have done over.

Getsy concurred, pointing to the Bears' lack of red zone success (0-3) against the Giants as a spot where Fields missed open receivers.

«We gotta take the completions when they're there,» Getsy said. 'I think he passed up a couple you know cheap completions that gets you into that second-and-3, second-and-4,