The Chicago Bears entered Week 12 without star quarterback Justin Fields. Their 2021 first-round pick was injured in last week’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons. His status was in question all week, but the Bears ultimately decided to sit him to protect him. That meant they were set to deploy a dubiously known quarterback on Sunday against the New York Jets. Which might have given way to him seeing the field.
Or… so we thought. Or still think. The Bears were expected to make Nathan Peterman active on Sunday. But the presumption was still that backup Trevor Siemian was going to make the start against the Jets.
That is until Siemian hurt himself in warmups on Sunday. NFL insider Mike Garafolo tweeted sometime after Noon ET, “Bears starting Nathan Peterman. Trevor Siemian hurt his oblique in warmups today.”
#Bears starting Nathan Peterman. Trevor Siemian hurt his oblique in warmups today.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) November 27, 2022
Roughly 40 minutes later, the Bears provided an update. The update was in Siemian’s favor. Sean Hammond of Shaw Local tweeted, “The Bears now say there’s ‘a chance’ Siemian will start.”
The #Bears now say there's "a chance" Siemian will start.
— Sean Hammond (@sean_hammond) November 27, 2022
After all that, it turned out that Siemian would start anyway.
That was a rollercoaster, huh? Given that the team is keeping their star out, it probably wouldn’t have mattered who got the start. But that was quite the up-and-down swing.
The NFL world reacted to all the madness involved in the quarterback situation.
The Bears going from Nathan Peterman to Trevor Siemian as the starting QB: pic.twitter.com/jJwSIcDsLj
— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) November 27, 2022
the entire United States of America is eagerly waiting for this Jets drive to end to see whether Trevor Siemian or Nathan Peterman comes out when the Bears offense takes the field
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) November 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBS/status/1596931896411586563
I don't know guys… just start Michael Carter, okay? https://t.co/ZCAmouD7Yd
— Liz Loza (@LizLoza_FF) November 27, 2022
Just let David Montgomery play QB https://t.co/a9izxe64WX
— JP Acosta (@acosta32_jp) November 27, 2022
Somebody on the Bears staff finally looked up Peterman's career stats https://t.co/E5mnyWyA07
— Jason Lisk (@JasonLisk) November 27, 2022
https://t.co/odfFrWgfLw pic.twitter.com/jhXD6CQxuH
— Green Light with Chris Long (@greenlight) November 27, 2022
