Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus says Justin Fields is 51% out, which obviously means he's 49% ready to go.
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00:03 As you guys saw, Fields was back today.
00:12 Good to see him back at practice.
00:14 He's progressing day to day now.
00:17 So it's good to see him take that next step
00:20 in that progression.
00:21 He was dialed in on the game plan this whole week,
00:23 as he's been the last couple of weeks.
00:25 And it's good to see him take that next step.
00:27 As you guys see, he's doubtful for the game, which is 51% out.
00:32 But we'll see where it progresses
00:34 through this weekend and on to the start of next week as well.
00:38 And just more progression.
00:39 Just more progression.
00:40 Just more working through it.
00:42 We got mock game tomorrow, and then go from there.
00:44 But again, he's healing up nicely.
00:46 So that's good.
00:47 That's really dependent on Justin,
00:49 where his pain tolerance is when he throws,
00:51 and then also the functionality of it,
00:53 where it goes from there.
00:54 And then again, that's the day to day.
00:56 And then the trainers.
00:57 Where the trainers say he is, and then we work through it.
01:00 And we look at his coaching staff and say,
01:02 hey, this is where he is.
01:03 He's accurate, looks good.
01:04 Everything looks on point.
01:05 And go from there.
01:06 Ed Bourne's our guy that's played a lot in that position.
01:10 He's looked good in that position in the past.
01:13 He's got a lot of experience in there.
01:16 And he played well for us last year.
01:18 So you expect to see him play in there.
01:20 This is what he's doing in practice.
01:21 He practiced the last couple of days and looks good.
01:23 And we'll circle the wagons with the staff
01:26 and with Dre and all those guys and see where it is.
01:29 But it's possible.
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