Justin Fields threw for 179 yards and a landing and ran for 82 yards and one other rating, and the Bears protection compelled returning Patriots starter Mac Jones again to the bench on Monday night to offer Chicago a 33-14 victory over New England.
In a matchup of quarterbacks from the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship sport, Fields outperformed Jones, who led Alabama to victory over Fields’ Ohio State. And Fields additionally outplayed Patriots rookie Bailey Zappe, who got here on after Jones was managed simply two three-and-outs and an interception in his return after lacking three video games with a excessive ankle sprain.
With the damp Gillette Stadium crowd chanting “Zappe! Zappe!” the fourth-round draft pick from Western Kentucky led the Patriots to back-to-back touchdowns and a 14-10 lead. But Fields answered with a 25-yard go to Khalil Herbert after which, after Zappe fumbled in the final two minutes of the first-half, the Bears (3-4) added a subject objective to make it 20-14.
In the second-half it was all Chicago, as they ran off 23 unanswered factors.
Zappe was 5 of 6 for 109 yards and a landing in the first-half. But in the second, he was 9 of 16 for 76 yards and two interceptions. Jones accomplished 3 of 6 passes for 13 yards, with one interception. Rhamondre Stevenson caught eight passes for 59 yards and ran 11 times for 39 for the Patriots (3-4).
Fields ran 14 times for 82 yards, together with 5 third-down scrambles for first downs. David Montgomery ran for 62 yards and Herbert did the identical for Chicago, who had misplaced three straight video games and 4 out of 5. The Bears had additionally misplaced 5 straight to the Patriots and eight out of 9 since beating New England in the 1986 Super Bowl 46-10.
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