Bears' Justin Fields: Unlikely to play Week 17
Fields (ankle) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Giants, but he's unlikely to be available after head coach Matt Nagy said Andy Dalton will start the contest and Nick Foles will serve as the No. 2 quarterback, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports.
Fields was a limited participant in all three of the Bears' practices this week, but the rookie apparently didn't demonstrate enough progress to make Nagy feel comfortable with having him start. Look for Fields to be included on the Bears' Week 17 inactive list for the second straight week, allowing Dalton to claim the starting job from Foles as he returns from a one-game absence due to a fractured non-throwing hand. According to Biggs, Nagy said Fields is "going to do everything he can to get back next week," which seems to suggest the Bears aren't planning on shutting him down for the Jan. 9 season finale in Minnesota.
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