Andy Dalton’s hair matches his seat right now in the Bears quarterback room: red hot. Justin Fields impressed most pundits enough with his play over the weekend for many to conclude he should be the Bears starting quarterback.
Don’t loop new ESPN hire Sam Acho into that group. He believes the Bears are “ready to go win a Super Bowl” with the Red Rifle. Fellow NFL analyst Jeff Saturday almost fell out of his chair when responding to the spicy hot take on Wednesday’s Get Up.
“They don’t have a good offensive line,” Saturday said. “Andy Dalton is a statue in the pocket; there is no way they are a better football team with Andy Dalton at the helm as opposed to Justin Fields.”
Saturday expanded further by diving into Fields’ background as proof to why it will be hard to break him mentally should he experience a rocky rookie season.
“As far as can you ruin a guy,” Saturday explained on the show. “Can you do that kind of stuff? You ain’t going to ruin Justin Fields bro. He was at Georgia, and they played Jake Fromm over him. What’s he do? He goes to Ohio State and throws like 70 touchdowns and less than 10 interceptions.”
Acho had a retort ready for his co-worker, albeit uber specific and not necessarily apples-to-apples to the Bear’s current situation. All while Saturday chirped, “Just say you’re right, you’re right!”
“I’m at the hall of fame with my friend,” Acho said, referring to Saturday’s longtime teammate Peyton Manning. “What was his record his rookie year? They were 3-13. That’s not very good.”
Saturday immediately jumped on the point by saying the Manning-led Colts didn’t have the same defensive firepower as this Bears team. In a dead period for sports coverage, Acho and Saturday made for a lively pairing on the Get Up set.