Here’s how Dan Campbell reacts to Justin Fields being out of the NFC North

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Here’s how Dan Campbell reacts to Justin Fields being out of the NFC North originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

Over the past three seasons, Dan Campbell and the Lions had to face Justin Fields twice per season.

From those six games, the Bears and Lions each share three wins.

But now, with the Bears having traded Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers earlier this offseason, Campbell is relieved he no longer has to prepare to face the dual-threat signal caller.

“I’m not gonna lie, it’s nice to have [Justin] Fields outta that division,” Campbell said at the owner’s meetings in Orlando.

Dan Campbell: “I’m not gonna lie, it’s nice to have Fields outta that division.”

— Colton Pouncy (@colton_pouncy) March 26, 2024

Fields has played against the Lions in every game over the last three seasons except for one. On Thanksgiving in 2021, he was inactive. Andy Dalton led the Bears to a 16-14 victory by posting 317 yards and one touchdown. But since then, Fields has played every game.

This past season, the Bears nearly stole both games against the Lions. They blew a huge, 16-point lead in the last five minutes of the fourth quarter. Fields threw for 169 yards and one touchdown while rushing for an additional 104 yards.

In their most recent matchup, the Bears bested the Lions at Soldier Field, 28-13. Fields, then, threw for 233 yards and one touchdown; he also posted 58 yards on the ground and an additional rushing touchdown. That helped the Bears notch a five-game home winning streak to end the season and even their season series with the Lions.

Before that game, Campbell explained just what makes Fields so difficult to defend.

“Listen, he’s dangerous,” Campbell said of Fields in December 2023. “He’s one of these rare, dangerous players and I’ll tell you what he’s done a really good job of — from last year to this year — is if it’s a pass and he starts to move, he’s still moving with eyes down the field much more than I felt like he had previously and that’s extremely dangerous…

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Publish date : 2024-03-26 23:22:30

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