If you’ve heard this one before, tell me: the pittsburgh steelers should make a trade and land justin fields. It has only been said about twenty times in the last week, and it seems that the majority of people are familiar with the theory. It also doesn’t align with the team’s remarks made early this season. Mike tannenbaum made this prediction on get up, and believes that fields makes a lot of sense with the steelers to upgrade their quarterback room. “if you look at their new offensive coordinator arthur smith and all the success he had as an offensive coordinator in tennessee with ryan tannehill, you get a big, athletic quarterback,” tannenbaum said. “i think justin fields is a great player. he really excels,” he says.
And if you look at the talented players that pittsburgh has around what justin fields has, it would be much better than what he has in chicago. With mike tomlin’s defense, you have a whole new offensive coordinator. “if you can get justin fields, pittsburgh will change immediately,” nfl network’s ian rapoport reports on espn 1000, claiming that not only will the bears not drop off the first overall pick, but that they will also get a solid haul for fields. Rapoport said, “i think the bears could get a premium pick, a second-rounder, or more.” “they’re in a really good spot getting so many picks no matter what they do,” it seems, therefore, that the cost will be at least a second-round pick to get fields from the bears, especially with other teams in the mix.
Rapoport said that all of the steelers, falcons, and raiders were teams to watch. In 2023, fields took a small leap forward as chicago’s starting quarterback in his third season. The 24-year-old ohio state alum threw 370 passes for 2,562 yards and 16 touchdowns. He passed for 9 yards and had a 8.26 passer rating and a 5.29 adjusted net yards per attempt. Fields is entering the final year of his rookie contract, and the bears — or another team if he’s traded — will have to decide this offseason if they want to take up the fifth-year option on his deal. For 2025, there will be a $25 million contract. A traditional contract extension could be sought by the bears or another club.
