Bears Rally To Beat Dolphins In The Preseason Opener

It failed to take place immediately, however, the Bears' highly-expected preseason opener towards the Dolphins Saturday at Soldier Field, in the end, lived as much as the hype.

After 5 directly 3-and-outs to begin the sport, the Bears offense generated an area aim and touchdowns on its subsequent 3 drives, turning a thirteen-zero deficit right into a 17-thirteen leaden course to a 20-thirteen win.

Rookie quarterback Justin Fields engineered the 3 scoring drives. The first-spherical draft choice set up Cairo Santos' 53-backyard area aim as time expired withinside the first 1/2 of and accounted for touchdowns at the Bears' first possessions of the second one 1/2 of on an 8-backyard run and a 30-backyard by skip to tight give up Jesse James.

Fields performed six collections withinside the 2d and 0.33 quarters, finishing 14 of 20 passes for 142 yards with one landing and a 106.7 passer score and dashing for 33 yards and one TD on 5 attempts.

The Bears' offensive line did an extremely good activity at some point in the sport, permitting the offense to discover its groove after a slow beginning.

The Bear's protection allowed the simplest one landing and produced takeaways.

The Dolphins took a 3-zero lead on Jason Sanders' 21-backyard area aim with 8:08 left withinside the first quarter. The key play on Miami's 7-play, 60-backyard power turned into Tua Tagovailoa's 50-backyard by skip to tight give up Mike Gesicki, who beat linebacker Alec Ogletree. Three performs later, Ogletree redeemed himself through losing walking again Malcolm Brown for a -backyard loss on 0.33-and-aim from the 1.

On their subsequent possession, the Dolphins reached the Bears' 14. But protection DeAndre Houston-Carson thwarted the power through stepping in the front of tight give up Adam Shaheen and intercepting Tagovailia's skip over the center one backyard deep ultimately zone.

Fields then entered the sport with 12:eleven left withinside the 2d quarter. The highly-touted first-spherical choose finished his simplest passes for 10 yards on his first power, however, the Bears went 3-and-out in huge element due to the fact Javon Wims and Elijah Wilkinson drew again-to-again fake begin penalties.

Starting quarterback Andy Dalton exited after gambling collection and finishing 2 of four passes for 18 yards.

The Dolphins expanded their cause 6-zero on Sanders' 35-backyard area aim with four:23 left withinside the 2d quarter. Miami settled for the kick after nickel again Duke Shelley broke up a skip meant for receiver Robert Foster on 0.33-and-4 from the 17.

After the Bears' 5th directly 0.33-and-out to begin the sport, Miami scored the primary landing on Jacoby Brissett's 23-backyard by skip to walking again Salvon Ahmed down the proper sideline, beating linebacker Caleb Johnson with forty-five left withinside the 1/2 of.

Fields observed through finishing five of 6 passes for forty-two yards, putting in Santos' 53-backyard area aim as time expired withinside the first 1/2 of, drawing the Bears to inside thirteen-3.

"I idea it turned into exquisite to look the resiliency of the offense in well-known of being capable of the move down there [and produce points]," stated train Matt Nagy. "Getting that area aim likely propelled us mentally going into halftime."

Fields confirmed his top-notch athleticism at the Bears' first power of the second one 1/2 of, averting a tackler withinside the pocket and sprinting round left to give up for an 8-backyard landing, reducing the deficit to thirteen-10 with 9:forty five ultimate withinside the 0.33 quarter.

"It turned into awesome," Fields stated. "Definitely a dream come true; first NFL landing and feature my teammates celebrate, it turned into a pleasing moment. All glory to God and with a bit of luck it turned into the primary of many for sure."

Fields endured polishing at the Bears' subsequent possession. He confirmed his blazing pace on a 21-backyard sprint after which lofted a 30-backyard landing by skip to an extensive open James, who stuck the ball on the five and backpedaled into the give-up zone, giving the Bears a 17-thirteen lead with 3:fifty two left withinside the 0.33 quarter.

Fields turned into eliminated from the sport in choose of Nick Foles early withinside the fourth quarter.

The Bear's protection generated its 2d takeaway as successful through protection Marqui Christian on tight give up Chris Myarick brought about a fumble that Dionte Ruffin recovered on the Bears' 25.

Backup kicker Brian Johnson later booted a 44-backyard area aim, widening the Bears' cause 20-thirteen with four:18 ultimate in the sport.