My head is spinning from these moves. I'm not used to this team making so many changes. Wonder if Fields is now in play?I cannot believe the Steelers are going this deeply all-in on Russ.
My head is spinning from these moves. I'm not used to this team making so many changes. Wonder if Fields is now in play?I cannot believe the Steelers are going this deeply all-in on Russ.
Teams don't trade players because they are upset about being replaced. This is just the team doing crap PR work for giving up on a player they wildly overdrafted.
Seems dumb. Russ is short-term compared to Hurts.
Yeah, just saw this:Dillard was really really really bad last year, like worse than Lowe bad.
I mean what's really deep about it? Pickett was always a reach, and they've reached the point of identifying that he isn't your guy. If anything they earn bonus points there imo for not letting themselves sink too far into the sunk cost fallacy hole most do when drafting a 1st round QB.I cannot believe the Steelers are going this deeply all-in on Russ.
The Steelers are basically doing what it seemed like. Bill wanted to with Mac last year. Trade him while he still has some value and bring in a veteran while you find the next quarterback. Crazy to think we might have been able to do something before last season with Mac & sign Mayfield.My head is spinning from these moves. I'm not used to this team making so many changes. Wonder if Fields is now in play?
I get picking a guy you like and missing. It happens. The aggressive PR job the Steelers did from owner down to the towel boy to hype up Kenny was shameless. They were all united on declaring he is the guy and they were all in - until they could sign Russ for the minimum. What's the old Judge Judy line? "Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining".Teams don't trade players because they are upset about being replaced. This is just the team doing crap PR work for giving up on a player they wildly overdrafted.
FROM IAN RAPPAPORT BREAKING NEWSFor a 6th that could turn into a 4th based on playing time.
https://x.com/adamschefter/status/1769131924717478314?s=46&t=P9K6DBnIdf4CHLFCe2j6qQ
I read the comments and now I hate myself. How are so many so uninformed?For a 6th that could turn into a 4th based on playing time.
https://x.com/adamschefter/status/1769131924717478314?s=46&t=P9K6DBnIdf4CHLFCe2j6qQ
Hopefully they sound proofed his officeI’m sure Russ will handle this well
ExactlyI’m sure Russ will handle this well
I would say this is more likely than not. Hard to imagine this team will do much.In theory, both Fields and Wilson could be gone after a year
Probably the 22M 5th year option they have to pick up in like a month. You're trading him for 1 year because you aren't picking that up so it killed his value.I don’t get why some other QB-desperate team didn’t offer up a 5th or something? I’m very high on Fields but this seems like a bad return for him.
If you’re desperate for a QB, chances are you’re drafting high enough to take someone with more upside and who is going to be cost controlled for a whileI don’t get why some other QB-desperate team didn’t offer up a 5th or something? I’m very high on Fields but this seems like a bad return for him.
basically nobody wants to pay him his next deal and they don't want to bring him in have him be... okay? And then feel pressure to sign him. Fields' problem is that right now he's not that great and a lot of people think his ceiling is actually fairly low. Basically a worse passing better running Daniel Jones, and they'd rather either roll out someone better now, or a guy with similar or higher potential with less years in the league (so hypothetically more quick growth potential, plus cheap years). If this was last year I bet he goes for more with 2 years to figure things out.I don’t get why some other QB-desperate team didn’t offer up a 5th or something? I’m very high on Fields but this seems like a bad return for him.
Denver made some sense if they had a different coachIf you’re desperate for a QB, chances are you’re drafting high enough to take someone with more upside and who is going to be cost controlled for a while
Fields only made sense for teams with old/mediocre veterans who are drafting too low to get any of the top guys. Which left Seattle, Pittsburgh and maybe New Orleans.
If Fields was under contract for another year or two, it probably would have been more demand.
Vegas also made sense with Getsy. I'm surprised they didn't do it for this price.If you’re desperate for a QB, chances are you’re drafting high enough to take someone with more upside and who is going to be cost controlled for a while
Fields only made sense for teams with old/mediocre veterans who are drafting too low to get any of the top guys. Which left Seattle, Pittsburgh and maybe New Orleans.
If Fields was under contract for another year or two, it probably would have been more demand.
Only if Getsy thought he was good. Had a front row seat and said.. No thanksVegas also made sense with Getsy. I'm surprised they didn't do it for this price.
You're "very high" on Fields or very high? Dude is a dumpster fire.I don’t get why some other QB-desperate team didn’t offer up a 5th or something? I’m very high on Fields but this seems like a bad return for him.
That must be the case because the price was very low and they don't have a QB. Just surprising is all given the connection and the possibility to build on last year. But really it's that Vegas doesn't have much in the building to get anyone excited.Only if Getsy thought he was good. Had a front row seat and said.. No thanks
Edit- I wasn't a fan of what Getsy did last year, he started off with an offense that Fields really struggled with and didn't play to his strengths, then adjusted late which was better. But I don't know that he would go someplace new and take Fields again who couldn't run his first choice offense.
I'm very high on him. I'm not very high.You're "very high" on Fields or very high? Dude is a dumpster fire.
This is the same Fields that called out his coaches via the media and then had to backtrack that? Thus consummate pro?Fields carries himself as a consummate pro. He’s going to say some nice things about Chicago and his teammates, talk about how he’s ready to compete with and learn from Russ. Then Fields is going to show up in camp in great shape and give Russ his first real competition in years.
He said this after a week 2 loss to Tampa:This is the same Fields that called out his coaches via the media and then had to backtrack that? Thus consummate pro?
Poorly word, but he wasn’t wrong. Getsy drew up 4 designed runs across the first 2 games this season. He was giving Fields game plans that didn’t fit his talent. A pro tells the truth.“I liked the times I felt like I was in a rhythm. Things I didn’t like. I felt like I was playing robotic. My goal this week is to say F it and just play football. That’s when I play my best when I am out there playing free. I am going to go out there and be me.”
[Asked why he was playing robotically]
"You know, could be coaching, I think," Fields said. "At the end of the day, they are doing their job when they are giving me what to look at, but at the end of the day, I can't be thinking about that when the game comes. I prepare myself throughout the week, and then when the game comes, it's time to play free at that point. Thinking less and playing more."
They might get a 7th if they include Breece Hall with Wilson.Judy Battista, NFL.com: If the Bears got only a conditional sixth-round pick for Fields, who played reasonably well last season, what can the Jets hope to get in a trade for Zach Wilson, whom they want to trade with even fewer backup jobs available?
https://www.nfl.com/news/justin-fields-trade-fallout-winners-losers-from-blockbuster-qb-deal-between-bears-and-steelers