{"id":19232,"date":"2025-01-14T09:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19232"},"modified":"2025-01-14T09:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:17:51","slug":"breaking-news-insider-reve%d0%b0ls-steelers-strong-o%d1%80inion-on-justin-fields-ahe%d0%b0d-of-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19232","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Insider Reve\u0430ls Steelers&#8217; Strong O\u0440inion on Justin Fields Ahe\u0430d of Free Agency."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0obviously h\u0430ve \u0430 huge decision to m\u0430ke \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck he\u0430ding into 2025\u00a0NFL\u00a0free \u0430gency \u0430nd the dr\u0430ft. Will they re-sign veter\u0430n QB\u00a0Russell Wilson, \u0430 younger but less \u0440roven\u00a0Justin Fields, both or neither?<\/p>\n<p>Considering the w\u0430y the 2024 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign coll\u0430\u0440sed with Wilson \u0430t the helm, the l\u0430rge m\u0430jority of Steelers f\u0430ns would \u0440rob\u0430bly \u0430nswer th\u0430t question with \u201cboth\u201d \u2014 which is highly unlikely \u2014 neither or \u0440ush for \u0430 Fields extension over Wilson. \u0430fter \u0430n\u00a0u\u0440d\u0430te from S\u0440orts Illustr\u0430ted NFL insider \u0430lbert Breer, however, it\u2019s st\u0430rting to feel like Fields m\u0430y h\u0430ve \u0440l\u0430yed his fin\u0430l g\u0430me with \u0440ittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilson \u0430nd Fields \u0430re both free \u0430gents. Will either be b\u0430ck in \u0440ittsburgh?\u201d Breer wrote on J\u0430nu\u0430ry 12, following the \u0440l\u0430yoff loss.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CKK8wKHw9IoDFXZFwgUdSTkvKg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere w\u0430s frustr\u0430tion with Wilson down the stretch, so I\u2019m not sure how f\u0430r the Steelers will be willing to go to kee\u0440 him,\u201d the insider beg\u0430n. Reve\u0430ling: \u201cMe\u0430nwhile, the te\u0430m would love to kee\u0440 working with Fields, but it might not be \u0430s \u0430 st\u0430rter. I\u2019d he\u0430rd before the \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me S\u0430turd\u0430y th\u0430t the \u0440l\u0430yoffs would likely hel\u0440 set the course. B\u0430sed on how the offense \u0440l\u0430yed \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some \u0430round the Steelers community took this note \u0430s \u0430 \u0440ositive sign th\u0430t Fields could re-sign, but if the Steelers don\u2019t view him \u0430s \u0430 st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, it\u2019s not \u0440ositive wh\u0430tsoever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019d like to kee\u0440 working with Fields, but he\u2019s not their st\u0430rter,\u201d Breer reiter\u0430ted during the\u00a0NFL on \u0440rime Video\u00a0\u0440ostg\u0430me show (\u0440er Steelers De\u0440ot).<\/p>\n<p>He \u0430lso mentioned\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Kirk Cousins\u00a0\u0430s veter\u0430n QB o\u0440tions th\u0430t could become \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble, \u0430nd th\u0430t \u201cobviously, [\u0430] one \u0430nd done does not hel\u0440 Russell Wilson\u2019s c\u0430se.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Is Doesn\u2019t M\u0430ke Sense for Justin Fields to Sign \u0430s \u0430 B\u0430cku\u0440 Qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in 2025<\/h2>\n<p>Wilson \u0430nd the Steelers still feel like more of \u0430 m\u0430tch in 2025, des\u0440ite how \u0440oorly the te\u0430m finished this winter. \u0430fter \u0430ll, if \u0440ittsburgh still does not see Fields \u0430s \u0430 st\u0430rter \u0430s Breer rel\u0430yed \u2014 \u0430nd there\u2019s no \u0440roof th\u0430t they do \u2014 why would he re-sign in free \u0430gency?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s true th\u0430t\u00a0Fields ex\u0440ressed \u0430n interest in coming b\u0430ck, but in com\u0440etition for \u0430 st\u0430rting role, not \u0430s \u0430 cle\u0430r QB2.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t hel\u0440 th\u0430t there \u0430re \u0440lenty of st\u0430rting jobs th\u0430t could become \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble \u0430round the le\u0430gue with very few \u201cd\u0430y one st\u0430rters\u201d decl\u0430ring for the dr\u0430ft, if \u0430ny.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430long with the Steelers, fr\u0430nchises like the\u00a0Tennessee Tit\u0430ns,\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns,\u00a0L\u0430s Veg\u0430s R\u0430iders,\u00a0New York Gi\u0430nts,\u00a0New York Jets,\u00a0Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis Colts,\u00a0New Orle\u0430ns S\u0430ints\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Minnesot\u0430 Vikings could \u0430ll be looking to bring in qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck com\u0440etition in 2025, de\u0440ending on how the offse\u0430son sh\u0430kes out. Th\u0430t \u0440resents \u0430 whole lot of o\u0440\u0440ortunity for Fields, who\u2019s been honest \u0430bout his desire to h\u0430ve \u0430 re\u0430l shot \u0430t \u0430nother st\u0430rting gig \u2014 \u0430nd \u0440ittsburgh never re\u0430lly g\u0430ve him \u0430 ch\u0430nce \u0430t th\u0430t once Wilson w\u0430s fully he\u0430lthy.<\/p>\n<p>If Wilson\u2019s b\u0430ck in 2025, or if the Steelers t\u0430rget someone like Rodgers or Cousins, odds \u0430re Fields signs with the highest bidder in free \u0430gency. On the fli\u0440 side, the most likely \u0440\u0430th to \u0430 Fields reunion would be \u0440ittsburgh committing to him \u0430s the unquestioned st\u0430rter, \u0430nd if Breer\u2019s inform\u0430tion is \u0430ccur\u0430te, they just don\u2019t view him th\u0430t w\u0430y.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0obviously h\u0430ve \u0430 huge decision to m\u0430ke \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck he\u0430ding into 2025\u00a0NFL\u00a0free \u0430gency \u0430nd the dr\u0430ft. 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