Bears Release Backup Qb Amid Justin Fields' Controversial Comments

The Chicago Bears let go of quarterback Justin Fields on Wednesday after he said bad things about the coaching staff.

[{"selector":"#anim-71b6fb21-2b7c-4e9b-8f4b-d5d79819de4b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-562a071a-afbd-4748-9215-64ea980b25f8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-61a76462-a781-40e0-8c43-19eebff267a2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-113.56466%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Fields said that the Bears' coaching was partly to blame for his problems this season in the offense.

[{"selector":"#anim-4c012178-8d5e-4e72-a657-0611a4d14740","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-31f90587-f807-4694-93fb-d122bf230004","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-51c82d50-32a6-4c5f-ba96-8454760f547c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-113.56466%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

He was very critical of how he was taught to pass from the side.

[{"selector":"#anim-0c8e72e4-27c9-4e77-a3d4-484d48ac7872","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e9a941e5-d290-4ddb-88b7-4f2dbbb88d2f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ad66d38e-2590-40b4-9922-6b7032d405dc","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-113.56466%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

"I don't blame the teachers for anything. I'm never going to blame anything on my coaches or my friends.

[{"selector":"#anim-841ab779-36a5-4e9f-a75c-7c1a972f7371","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7a3c4e4d-8f1d-4f38-bee2-a2eb55ce7de7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-45c81367-d06b-450a-a46d-77087cdbd7ed","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-113.56466%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

I will take all the blame for everything that goes wrong in a game. I don't care if it should have been a pass but was dropped. Give it to me."

[{"selector":"#anim-b1f0ab78-8655-47d7-a2b5-952c834b0277","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-85374041-238b-467c-8a1b-2e103eb1e869","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-474ffb88-2c75-469d-b893-019c2db0611e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-113.56466%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Not long after Fields's words and the news stories about them came out, the Bears let go of their QB2.

[{"selector":"#anim-70001ce1-e730-404a-b477-8dc4d260e45f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cb5db6e1-a1c2-4e3c-87cb-9fd681b44aa0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-aab5f459-f3f3-4160-8ce0-baaff98af01e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-113.56466%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Peterman has played in both of the Bears' first two games this season.

[{"selector":"#anim-1a0892b2-4cfa-43c7-95fd-fb8118370ae8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-10f05a08-57a7-4da3-a1f2-589cf22890c0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b39d05eb-dd0f-4502-a21c-b81e5ea73555","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-113.56466%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Tyson Bagent made it through the 53-man cuts in August, but the Bears have decided to make him inactive so that they can use him as their backup QB3.

[{"selector":"#anim-fd4eca53-284e-4588-b255-f23d32d96770","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-34282bd9-0ac3-4300-b0d7-9939c1de2a88","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-70c96505-8664-48ca-9907-666eb61efae6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-113.56466%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":1100,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]