Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus discusses the hand injury to Justin Fields and Tyson Bagent's debut at QB after Sunday's 19-13 loss to Minnesota.
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00:00 In terms of injury update, we do have Justin Fields injured his right hand and we're evaluating
00:25 it right now.
00:26 We did take an x-ray.
00:27 We did get a negative in terms of that and then we'll see where it is tomorrow when we
00:30 get the MRI.
00:31 So that's all I know right now.
00:33 So with him, he wanted to come back in the game and that's really all I have in terms
00:39 of that, but he just couldn't grip the ball to throw it right now.
00:42 So we'll see where it is.
00:44 Like I said, the MRI, that's all I have.
00:46 We'll know more information tomorrow and that's where it is.
00:49 I thought he started out, was not great at first, but again, that's everybody.
00:56 That's 11 guys in there operating, but I think once he got settled down, he put that drive
01:01 together, then you could see what he could do.
01:03 He could do off schedule stuff.
01:05 He can escape, made a few nice throws there and his mobility is good.
01:12 I thought his timing was good on a lot of those passes that he threw.
01:16 So I thought he looked good.
01:18 I thought he looked good in that one drive and again, at the very end, in that interception,
01:22 again, the protection has got to be more solid in that particular play and he can't put the
01:28 ball in harm's way.
01:30 So Lucas obviously was going through concussion protocol during the week and we thought when
01:35 Justin went out and we had Tyson in there, we thought it was best for our team to have
01:39 a guy that had more experience in their playing center.
01:42 That's the position that we have.
01:44 I know that Lucas has played a long time.
01:46 He's got a lot of experience in there.
01:47 We thought that would settle Bajic down.
01:49 And Eddie, Eddie left the game and was questionable.
01:53 Could have came back, injured his foot a little bit during the game.
01:56 Didn't feel 100% but he could have came back if he needed.
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