A Walkback for the Runner

Justin Fields wants to be able to run more but on Wednesday felt he had to do some walking back first.

After saying Wednesday at a press conference that coaching had a role in why he's not playing as freely as he would like, he called reporters over in the Bears locker room and said he was taken out of context and wanted the blame alone for the team's offensive issues against Tampa Bay.

"I'm not blaming anything on the coaches," Fields said. "I'm never going to blame anything on the coaches. I'm never going to blame anything on my teammates."

The comments originally made were about how Fields wanted to be able to get out of the pocket more to run or throw.

"I just want to clear that up and just know that I need to play better," he told the media in his post-press conference press conference. "That's it, point blank. That's what I should have said in the first place."

MAYBE BEARS SHOULD LISTEN TO JUSTIN FIELDS

Earlier, Fields had said he wasn't playing like he normally does because he's thinking too much, and was asked what it should look like when he is.

"You'll see soon," he promised.

Asked what caused him to be thinking too much, Field said: "You know, could be coaching I think. At the end of the day, they are doing their job when they are giving me what to look at, but at the end of the day, I can't be thinking about that when the game comes. I prepare myself throughout the week and then when the game comes, it's time to play free at that point—thinking less and playing more."

Asked if he had maybe too many voices giving him advice on his play, he said, "I don't think it's too many coaching voices but I just think when you're fed a lot of information at a point in time and you're trying to think about that info when you're playing, it doesn't let you play like yourself. You're trying to process so much information to where it's like, if I just simplify it in my mind I would have did this. I saw a few plays on Sunday, if I was playing like my old self, we would have had a positive play. There would have been more third down conversions. I think that's just the biggest thing for me is playing the game how I know how to play and how I've been playing my whole life. That's what I got to get back to doing."

Fields said coaches had positive responses when he brought up his issues about being able to play freely.

"Of course. Of course," he said. "Coach Flus (Matt Eberflus), Luke (Getsy), everybody in the building is always receptive to what we have to say.

"Any time anybody has a problem or comes to them with anything, they're always receptive to us for sure."

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