The Bears line last year was at least above average in nearly any metric you could look at. Fields took a ton of sacks, but that was clearly a Fields problem and not a line problem. Fields took 44 sacks in 370 pass attempts while Bagent only took 5 in 143. That's where Bagent was better and it was a night and day difference with the offense. Bagent was able to make quick decisions and get the ball out of his hand, anticipating openings. For Fields, a receiver had to be wide open if it was anything inside the sidelines.
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