The Chicago Bears today will be without their star quarterback, Justin Fields, who is out with a shoulder injury. That wasn’t much of a surprise heading into Sunday’s Week 12 action.
What is a surprise for the Bears is who will be their starting QB on the road against the New York Jets: Nathan Peterman.
Well, that’s what we thought until the offense took the field and Trevor Siemian was under center for Chicago.
So here’s what happened: NFL reporters reported 45 minutes before kickoff that Siemian, the Bears’ backup QB, had suffered an oblique injury and Peterman would start the game.
Then a few minutes before kickoff the Bears’ PR team said that it would be a game-time decision and that Siemian could still start.
Mike Garafolo had the initial news:
#Bears starting Nathan Peterman. Trevor Siemian hurt his oblique in warmups today.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) November 27, 2022
Here was the update minutes before the game:
#Bears media relations tells reporters in the press box it’s a game-time decision now on the starting QB between Trevor Siemian and Nathan Peterman. As game-time decisions go, this is the game-timeiest ever.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) November 27, 2022
Wtf. Kickoff in 8 minutes and the Bears don't know their starting QB. So Bears. https://t.co/DiY0pIXg4t
— Joe Ostrowski (@JoeOstrowski) November 27, 2022
And then it became official when the Bears’ offense took the field in the first quarter:
All indications (helmet on, coaches talking to him) are it’ll be Trevor Siemian to start for the #Bears following the kickoff here.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) November 27, 2022
So. Close.
NFL fans had jokes about Peterman.
this is the healing our world needs https://t.co/xZQsmBzM55
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) November 27, 2022
If Nate Peterman throws a shovel pass touchdown to Chase Claypool, Matt Canada turns into the Hulk. https://t.co/Aa4EOXiXsh
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) November 27, 2022
Me tuning in to watch today’s Bears-Jets matchup. https://t.co/aR7m0nI2qy pic.twitter.com/k4X1F6zl2B
— Ryan Talbot (@RyanTalbotBills) November 27, 2022
The person in charge of selling throw pillows on the official Nathan Peterman online store is sending “put the word out that we back up” memes to everyone in their phone book. https://t.co/57u5mEOgre pic.twitter.com/zahxtnEodS
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) November 27, 2022
#Bears fans just a reminder that for his career, Nathan Peterman throws an interception once every 11 passes. That's not a typo.
— Bill Zimmerman (@ZimmermanSXM) November 27, 2022
oh we getting peter man content? https://t.co/nq1wtnBSmp
— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) November 27, 2022
just let montgomery be QB and then no one can get mad when you run it on 2nd and 13 https://t.co/zZ3N4aDNmr
— cam ellis (@KingsleyEllis) November 27, 2022
this is like when there's a surprise entry into the royal rumble and it is the godfather https://t.co/ZC5iu6iHoa
— Bill DiFilippo (@billdifilippo) November 27, 2022
Life comes at you fast https://t.co/pDoeEx02g1 pic.twitter.com/eGox4pYxUS
— Bell (@EriicBell) November 27, 2022
Bears just became must-watch TV today https://t.co/9O6Dsn9p5l
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 27, 2022
HE IS RISEN https://t.co/rXRijDRCYg
— Pablo Torre (@PabloTorre) November 27, 2022
Sliding into tank mode https://t.co/xnmI8bclsO pic.twitter.com/MWdJ3cqoFz
— Dylan Webster (@DWeb12409) November 27, 2022
