
When it felt like nature itself was conspiring against one of the things he does best, Justin Fields stayed late. A particularly windy minicamp practice in April prompted the frustrated Bears quarterback to throw extra-deep passes long after some teammates had trudged off to the locker room at Halas Hall.
“He was upset because the wind was blowing like 30 miles an hour in,” tight end Cole Kmet said last week. “He’s out there launching balls after practice. It’s definitely something that he works on — and you can see it.”