Bears' Justin "Jet" Fields unlike anything we've ever seen

It was almost as exciting as any run I have ever seen in my 46-plus years on Planet Earth.

That's right. Seeing Chicago Bears second-year quarterback Justin Fields narrowly escape significant bodily harm for 39 breathtaking yards against NFC leader Philadelphia on Sunday, was like watching a magician make something vanish right before your eyes without logical explanation.

In this case, defenders, specifically. Lots of them.

Midway through the second quarter, the Bears and Fields were facing 2nd and 27 from the Philly 48, trailing, 3-0. 

Fields was under center in a three-wide receiver set. After the snap, two of the receivers, plus tight end Cole Kmet, lined up on the far left of the line, all ran routes that were an almost identical distance of about 8 to 10 yards, which pausing the replay shows. 

It also reveals, as a result, a slew of Eagles' defenders blanketing the field like an 1800s Civil War cavalry that same 8 to 10 yards from the line of scrimmage in the secondary. At the exact same time, a four-tentacled pass rush blows the Bears' offensive line apart, and the play is at Defcon 1 in the blink of an eye.

95 percent of the time this scenario is a sack. But no. Not when Justin Fields is your team's staring quarterback.

Even when he was grabbed with both hands from behind in the backfield by Eagles linebacker Haason Reddick - a 12-sack ravenous dog who looks like a young Khalil Mack - Fields somehow squirmed out of being crushed by slipping out of his grasp like a pressurized tube of toothpaste violently squirts out its contents when squeezed.

Then, all hell broke loose. It was off to the races. 

Trouble was, those pesky Eagles defenders I mentioned were all still lurking in front of him 15 yards downfield. To many, this would spell doom. To Fields, it looked like golden opportunity.

After escaping Reddick's sentence, Fields looks to his left, briefly scans for receivers, but finds none. Instead, he bolts past two Eagles defensive linemen breathing down his neck to his right. Then, he hits the afterburners. And when I say afterburners, it's not just for effect.

Fields has clocked the fastest run speed times of any NFL player numerous times this season, punching in at over 20 MPH on multiple occasions.

Don't think that's lazer-like? Go watch a car driving 20 MPH, and tell me if you've ever seen a human being on foot keeping up with it at that speed.No, you haven't. None of us have, or do, in our everyday lives. It's not something but a handful of human beings on this planet are even capable of, physically.

But I digress. Because the fun hasn't even begun, kids.

After sprinting from his own 48 past the aforementioned Eagles' linemen, Justin Jet (that's what I'm nicknaming him, feel free to "take off" with the suggestion) reaches the Philadelphia 31 before you can say "abracadabra." And when he does, he's absolutely flying.

Without warning, Justin Jet gives us all Top Gun movie flashbacks, because he slams on the brakes so violently and rapidly, any mere mortal's hamstrings would have blown up attempting the same thing.

This video game maneuver leads to Justin cutting to his left so fast, he posterizes Philly LB and Lake Villa, Illinois native and Lakes Eagles alum T.J. Edwards, who is crossed over so badly, he falls flat on his hands and knees.

My apologies for singling you out here, T.J. It's nothing personal. After all, this is a Supernatural story I'm telling right now.

Fields then tightropes the left sideline to the 16, at which point the ridiculousness looks like it's been cornered. He has nowhere else to go but into traffic, or out of bounds.

Instead, Justin Jet chooses Option #3. 

Fields juke-fakes going to his right, to the bigger open space, then inexplicably cuts right back to his left, still hugging the sideline, as he watches safety K'Von Wallace's ankles get literally twisted and metaphorically broken. A metaphor for what you ask?

Where would I even begin? Regardless, Wallace falls to the ground as if he was hit with an invisible force field, rendering him a non-factor at the 11.

He then escapes a diving Eagles defender who gets their fingertips on him, but spins Fields around 360-degrees, forcing the edge of his shoe to barely clip the out-of-bounds chalk at the 9. 

With the Bears' adrenaline still raging furiously moments later, RB David Montgomery scores on a 9-yard TD run on the very next play, giving the Bears a 6-3 lead. At that very moment, the crowd at Soldier Field was monumentally loud.

And dare I say, it may have been the loudest moment this city has ever witnessed (hey, more metaphors) in this franchise's history, from a team with a 3-10 record?

Best of all, Justin Jet's 10-carry, 82-yard ground game, made him the franchise's single-season rushing yardage leader by a QB, and we've still got three regular season contests left, folks. 

Bestest of all (Oxford Dictionary claims "bestest" is a word and I don't believe them, but who am I to argue?) is this:

Fields also finished with two passing TDs, a 119.5 passer rating, and completed 66.7 percent of his throws. It was the eighth time this season he posted a rating of 84.0 or above, and his fourth time above 100 this year.

He checked down magnificently, taking what was given to him rather than forcing the issue. And if not for a Velus Jones fumble late in the fourth quarter, this story may have had a happier ending than its 25-20 downer of a conclusion at the hands of the Eagles, who frankly, were lucky to have won this football game.

On social media, I have pointed out all season how this team will need to pass the ball eventually more frequently and consistently to win football games. At which point I am almost always attacked by others pointing out the blatantly obvious to me:

This is a football team with a terrible pass-blocking offensive line, one with largely college caliber WRs that are probably lucky to be in an NFL lineup, frankly ... and look, I get it.

We all see what's there and what isn't. Even me, in my sometimes snarky but nonetheless true observations, grasps what still needs to be done before we start dreaming way bigger dreams involving Justin Jet.

Even Justin knows the miraculous stuff he's been doing on the gridiron is not, by itself, the Yellow Brick Road to a Super Bowl title. And the fact he's mature enough to also realize this, is great news.

 “No, sir,” Fields said after the Bears' 25-20 loss. “I don’t plan on rushing for 1,000 yards every year.”

If you do nothing else in this lifetime, Bears ... please, we all beg of you. Someone get this kid some real receiving weapons and an offensive line. 

Because he's already the most exciting Bears QB in team history. 

You can't blow this once-in-a lifetime Golden Ticket you've been handed, McCaskey family, and Ryan Poles.  

You just can't. 

It's not 1985 anymore. We don't need Doc and Marty's DeLorean revising the Super Bowl Shuffle anymore, which was 37 seasons ago.

Welcome to the Future. Starring the Justin "The Jet" Fields Land and Air Show. 

Buckle up. This is gonna get way more fun, as hard as that may be to believe, given what we've already witnessed from this generational young talent thus far.