It should have been an easy one for Justin Fields and the Bears on Sunday, playing at home against one of the NFL’s worst teams, but it was a grueling trudge as usual.

Merry Christmas, everyone. The Bears got you an unsightly, uninspiring 27-16 win over the Cardinals — a team that can’t do hardly anything right and has won three games all season. At least it’s better than socks, maybe.

Fields missed a huge opportunity to pile up numbers against an absolutely awful defense and looked like he was headed that way early as the Bears took a 21-0 lead in the second quarter.

But ultimately, his middling performance looked familiar. Fields completed 15 of 27 passes for 170 yards with a touchdown pass and an interception in the end zone for a 71.5 passer rating. He also ran nine times for 97 yards and a touchdown, which was fantastic, but this season has been all about him proving himself as a passer.