On this episode of Football Night in Chicago, Herb Howard joins Mark Carman to talk about the Bears keeping Justin Fields, drafting Marvin Harrison Jr., nobody hiring Bill Belichick, and more.
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Herb Howard: Keeping Justin Fields is Bears’ fastest route to Super Bowl
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>> WE WELCOME IN MY GUY HOWARD. THERE IS A REPORTER FOR THE BIG REPRESENTING TODAY. WE JUST HAD THE DEBATE WITH GLENN.@# I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU’VE BEEN PRETTY VOCAL YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP JUSTIN FIELDS AS THE QUARTERBACK.
JUST MAKE YOUR CASE AS TO WHY JUSTIN SHOULD BE THE GUY. >> THAT’S WHY I THINK WE KEEP JUSTIN FIELDS IN PLACE. HE’S NOT THE PROBLEM. I KNOW WE WANT TO SEMPER FI IT.# TIMMY IT’S JUSTIN FIELDS WITH MARVIN HARRISON JR. OR WHATEVER
YOU GET FOR THE PICK VERSUS WHAT YOU HAVE. I THINK THE ISSUE FOR ME ISN’T I THINK CALEB WILL BE A BUST. I THINK HE’S VERY WELL. EVEN IF HE GOES ON TO BE A BETTER INDIVIDUAL QUARTERBACK THEN JUSTIN FIELDS DOESN’T @#MA
SENSE FOR THE BEARS TO KEEP JUSTIN FIELDS IN PLACE AND CONTINUE TO BUILD AROUND HIM AND THEN THAT IS HOW THEY GET THERE. I DON’T THINK YOU CAN JUST BRING IN CALEB WILLIAMS AND SAY HE’S THE GUY THAT WILL TURN IT AROUND.
IT’S VERY RARE WE SEE THAT. >> TO YOUR SCENARIO, IF YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE YOU CAN @#TRADE BACK TO TWO OR THREE AND GET WHAT YOU THINK IT’S WORTH YOU WILL LOSE MARVIN. WOULD YOU DRAFT MARVIN NUMBER ONE? >> IF I HAVE TO.
IDEALLY I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE BACK. I WOULD GO LOWER THAN THREE. IF I TRADE BACK AND GET, BUT IF IT’S NOT,@# YOU HAVE TO TAKE HI AT ONE. HE’S THE BEST IN THE DRAFT. YOU HAVE THE NUMBER ONE PICK
YOU SHOULD GET THE BEST PLAYER. IF YOU DID NOT HAVE A QUARTERBACK YOU COULD WIN WITH THAN THE BEARS HAVE A QUARTERBACK. YOU CAN WIN BECAUSE OF IT. THE IDEA YOU NEED 350 AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS TO WIN IS NOT TRUE.
WE SAW LAMAR JACKSON TAKE HIS TEAM TO THE @#CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH 150 YARDS PASSING. WHEN HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO WIN. I KNOW THIS WHOLE THING IS STARTING TO SWELL UP AND I’M PRETTY SURE THE BEARS ARE PROBABLY GOING THE WAY YOU WANT
ME TO GO. YOU GUYS ARE DANGLING THE SHINY TOY IN FRONT OF EVERYONE’S FACE. YOU ALREADY GOT A TOY. PLAY WITH THAT TOY BETTER.@# I GET IT. I GET IT. IT’S VERY RARELY WORKED OUT. I ONLY THOUGHT TREE TIMES IN MY
ENTIRE LIFE THERE WAS A CAN’T MISS PROSPECT COMING OUT NUMBER ONE. MANNING, ANDREW LOCKE AND DeSHAWN. THEY STRUCK GOLD TWICE.@# ONE SUPER BOWL IN 20 YEARS. >> THEY WERE IN THE MIX. I THINK WE COVERED THIS ONE FOR TODAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT. I WANT TO SHOW YOU A TWEET FROM IAN RAPOPORT TODAY. THE WAY THE NFL WORLD IS SWELLING. HERE HE IS. FORMER BEARS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR LUKE GETSY@# LATE- SEASON IMPROVEMENT IN JUSTIN FIELDS. THE BEARS MOVED ON.
THEY WILL INTERVIEW WITH THE RAIDERS FOR THEIR VACANT OC JOB TODAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? DOES JUSTIN FIELDS FEEL LIKE THAT? >> HE @#HAS TO MAINTAIN HIS RELATIONSHIP. THAT’S AN INTERESTING CHOICE FOR PHRASING. YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE HIS COACH
SOME CREDIT FOR THAT. I WILL GIVE A FEW CREDITS. I WAS NEVER AS DOWN AS OTHER PEOPLE WERE. THAT’S ACTUALLY CRAZY. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS A @#BUM RAP TO BUT YOU ARE TRYING TO UPGRADE AND HOPEFULLY WALTER CAN DO THE JOB.
A NEW QUARTERBACK COACH IS HERE. KERRY JOSEPH. ENTER STRING PEDIGREE. PLAYED IN THE CFL, DOMINATED. HE’S GETTING THE CHANCE TO BE QB COACH FOR THE BEARS. >> I THINK YOU SEE@# HE HAS THA DUAL THREAT HISTORY IN TERMS OF HIS OWN ABILITY.
SOMEWHAT TEXT EARLIER ABOUT THAT DOES THAT MEAN JUSTIN WILL STATE I WAS LIKE I DON’T KNOW BUT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT TO MEAN THAT THEN PERHAPS. I DON’T KNOW. WE WILL SEE. HE’S GOT A LOT @#OF FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HE CAN DO. >> LET’S GO ON TO THIS WEEKEND CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND. YOU’VE GOT GREAT MATCHUPS. DO YOU THINK IS COMING THROUGH? LET THEM KNOW RIGHT NOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> I THINK LAMAR JACKSON WILL WIN SECOND MVP.
I THINK THEY WILL COME @#OUT VICTORIOUS. I THINK THE RAVENS WHEN AND I MAY CHANGE MY MIND ABOUT THIS AS WE GET CLOSER TO KICKOFF BUT RIGHT NOW I’M THINKING DETROIT GOES TO SAN FRAN AND THEN GOES TO THE SUPER BOWL.
IT MAY CHANGE THE SCENARIO @# LITTLE BIT BUT RIGHT NOW I LOVE THE WAY THE DETROIT LIONS ARE PLAYING. I DIDN’T THINK THEY LOOK IMPRESSIVE. I THOUGHT THE BEARS OUTPLAYED THE LINES TWICE. THEY GOT OUTPLAYED BY THE BEARS TWICE.
RIGHT NOW THEY SEEM TO GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. THEY HAVE A OT OF MOMENTUM. >> WE WILL SEE. IT MIGHT BE A DECOY. I WANT @#TO GIVE HYPOTHETICALS. BILL BELICHICK TURNED DOWN AMAZINGLY BY THE ATLANTA FALCONS. NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO INTERVIEW.
THE BEARS DIDN’T WANT TO INTERVIEW HIM. ONE YEAR FROM NOW, BILL BELICHICK WILL BE THE HEAD COACH OF THE CHICAGO BEARS. WHAT DO YOU SAY? >> I HOPE NOT. I WANT THE @#BEARS TO BE SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR. THEY NEED TO MAKE A RUN.
I THINK THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF POTENTIAL. THEY WON’T BE MAKING A COACHING CHANGE SO I WOULD SAY NO BUT I THINK BILL BELICHICK IS A HUGE FIGURE COMING INTO YOUR BUILDING. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T THINK YOU HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEAL
WITH THAT AND YOU @#LOOK AT WHA HE’S DONE WITHOUT TOM BRADY. IT’S LIKE OH THAT WAS A COMBINATION AND I THINK HIS PEDIGREE ALONG WITH THE DOWNTURN SINCE BRADY LEFT HIS LEADING HIM. >> IT’S VERY INTERESTING NO ONE SEEMS TO BE BANGING THE DOOR.
THEY MOVED ON TO A GUY THAT WAS THE @#INTERIM COACH. THEY HAD THE INTERIM. THEY JUST WENT BACK. IT’S AMAZING. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN. DO YOU THINK ONE YEAR FROM NOW MATT EBERFLUS WILL BE THE
COACH OF THE CHICAGO BEARS?@# >> YES. I SAID YES. I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DRAFT. THAT’S WHAT GAVE ME SO MUCH PAUSE. THEY ARE GOING TO BRING IN A ROOKIE QUARTERBACK. THEY HAVE A LOT OF LOVE AND RESPECT FOR JUSTIN FIELDS.
THEY WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME THAT. IF HE GETS ON THE RIGHT TRACK THEY WILL COME AROUND QUICKLY. I’M @#NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT THAT THE FIELD IS A HARD THING TO COME IN AS A ROOKIE AND HAVE THAT KIND OF SUCCESS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WINNING 12 GAMES.
THE DEFENSE — THEY’VE ONLY GOT MAYBE FIVE OR SIX HOLDS LEFT ON THE ROSTER. IF THEY CAN FILL THE HOLES THEY SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN. >> ONE YEAR @#FROM NOW. THE BIG SWEATSHIRT ON. BEARS IN THE PLAYOFFS.
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As soon as he said “I’d take Marvin Harrison Jr at #1”. Close out the video. Dumbest thing ever to take a WR with the #1 pick. Especially when Nabers and Odunze ain’t that far off. Caleb/Odunze and we good
How does Herb Howard still have a job after spreading this kind of misinformation? You know what happens to the everyday person that would lie like this at their jobs or just flat out be this bad at their job like Herb Howard? People would be FIRED. Herb Howard says you can win a superbowl with justin fields while he cant throw, struggles to hit 150 yards passing in most games, BIGGEST insult trying to compare Lamar Jackson (a QB that can throw) to Fields (a QB that cant throw), is an insult to Lamar
I have 6th sense that the winner out of the Ravens vs Chiefs, Lamar vs Mahomes…will loom large on what the Bears will do.
Finally someone with common sense
Dumbest thing ever said.
No it's not. Keeping JF1 is standing in quicksand. Get this franchise moving forward. Stake your ground with a new QB.
Are you serious? He can even get us to a fucking playoff game. Dumb
So dumb 😂
Smart man…shiny toy reference… nice
Bill Belichick should coach the jets
So he would rather pass on one of the better QB prospects to come out of college in the last 15-20 years that could potentially set up the bears for 15 years themselves, to just maybe make the playoffs in 2024? Come on 😂🥴
Keeping Justin Fields is the fastest route to getting everyone in the building fired.
If Lamar can’t get to a Super Bowl with statistically a better defense than the 85 bears why should we think Justin can be better? Lamar was better through his first 3 years! Draft Caleb restart the clock even if he is a bust it’s easier to undo than giving Justin a new contract.
Wrong on both Ravens fall and Detroit fall thank you Jesus
Congratulation! Matt Nagy 🎉👏👍
Man, I am white and don't care about Field's color! I also don't advocate woke black QBs! And I am a Republican and not a marxist millennial! So don't make blanket statements about me! I'm smarter than you will ever be!!
Why is everyone assuming just because you draft Caleb Williams that you have to get rid of fields? Draft Caleb and have him going into the season as 2nd string. That way fields no for sure that if his play slacks he could be benched. Also if fields has a good year and leads them to division champs then Caleb can sit and learn and grow.
We just saw Lamar look like complete dogshit passing… and they lost… imagine that…
The Bears will upgrade that position. They need a quarterback that can stay healthy. And throw the ball.
We can officially say this guys a clown Lamar Jackson did what ??? He got bounced and looked like a bottom 5 qb in the league. Justin fields blows
Herb is a clown. Williams is the best player in the draft😂😂😂
30 interceptions, 38 fumbles only 40 Td passes in 3 seasons. Stop comparing this bum to Lamar Jackson
MHJ at one is just a total waste of assets. If you're not collecting a ton of picks for that #1, you've squandered what's been given to us. It's the same as the Caleb discussion… would I rather have MHJ or have 3 1sts plus a second or 2? That's a painfully easy decision for a WR. Give me Nabers/Odunze plus a plethora of extra stuff over MHJ. C'mon now.
Herb Howard is a genius! It’s that simple.
How'd Lamar do yesterday? Does it workout to build around running quarterbacks? Or does it work better to be able to throw the ball down field? Herb Howard is a fuckin moron. Keep that idiot off tv.
Keeping Fields is idiotic if you still have so many questions about him after 3 years it means he’s not the guy. He’s still a one read QB that can’t process from the pocket. Williams is a better prospect and it resets the clock so you don’t have to overpay Fields.
Give me a freaking back like fields can take anyone to the bowl…. please get this dude off the show he has no idea. Fields is over time is done. 10 and 28.