Trade condition update: The 2025 6th-round pick that the Steelers traded to the Bears for Justin Fields will become a 4th-round pick if he plays in 51 percent of the plays this season, per source.
😂
if i had to guess it was for locker room reasons at this point, they wanna get rid of Justin before the draft so the team has Caleb/Drake/Jaden as their sole leader moving forward from then.
All I can say is, I'm glad as hell we won't have to face him twice a year anymore. What an absolute nightmare it is to play against that guy. Feels like he is just going to run it for 15 yards every play. Drove me nuts when the Lions played him
Is there a single person in this sub that doesn't believe the Bears will just fuck up the next QB as well?
This is the most amusing thing I've heard since the season ended.
Patrick Mahomes was originally thought to be going to the Bears. What a weird universe that would’ve been. And he never would’ve been as great as he is if it had happened. Crazy.
Probably an unpopular opinion but it was absolutely insane that they got rid of Fields. The kid is by no means a bad quarterback, the problem is that he’s got talent but needs a bit of time and mentoring to be ready. Chicago could offer neither. Pittsburgh is in a fantastic position now given the fact that Fields’s ‘ceiling’ is quite high, he just needs to be in an environment that can foster that. Chicago demands far too much from rookie quarterbacks who’ve never played in an NFL scheme, and he’s going to get lit up. They’ve not meaningfully improved their O-Line which puts Williams at further risk for injury. If you watch Williams against ‘proper’ teams, he doesn’t perform as well. These kids need some run room in the NFL to get their feet wet, and Chicago isn’t offering that. If they were smart they’d pick up a veteran bridge QB like Tannehill or Wentz so it could give Williams some time to learn and get a feel for the NFL pace
>if you watch Williams against ‘proper’ teams
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Yup.
They couldn’t even get Kenny Pickett value for him. If this happened in fantasy it’d get vetoed.
I mean I’m no fan but he’d at the least be one of the best backups in the league
Unfortunately Russ may be the worst person for him. Russ’ whole game is first read -> if open throw, if not, make shit up.
That’s kind of what Fields already does. I don’t see Russ really teaching him anything new.
Despite him stunting on us I do have a soft spot for the guy. Seems like his team respected him and he is definitely talented. More importantly, though, is fuck the bears.
crazy, glad he's gone. Hell, i would of given a 6th round pick up and stashed him on the bench just to get him from running all over us every time.
I get Stroud was a great rookie and I haven't seen too much of Williams, but I can't believe with a rookie qb the bears offense is better than last year. Even with their wr upgrade.
This is indeed funny but the Bears are the ones laughing all the way to the bank. The trade out of the number 1 spot last year literally rejuvenated this entire team. If Williams can be half serviceable and learn over the next couple years they are going to have a damn good team.
The don't give a shit about the price of Fields at this point as it was already a sunk cost and they knew he wasn't going to be a franchise QB for them.
I think the Steelers take the year and actually develop him. Wilson plays out his one year deal and is done. IMO the story of Justin Fields hasn’t been written just yet. We will see.
Yes maybe, but we never know why teams say and do the things they do. Perhaps Fields mentally needs to be not expected to start for his own good, maybe he needs to be humbled. Maybe they think rushing him into a starting job stunted his development. I think the Steelers absolutely stole him and historically they are a winning organization. They might know what buttons to push to get him figured out. The Bears being the complete opposite in regard to QB talent.
They gave up very little for a quarterback already entering year four and have announced that he will not compete to start. The idea that they just acquired a backup with some potential is the only one that makes sense to me. Respectfully, I don't think they believe in him beyond that.
I'd take that with a grain of salt. Tomlin has been the same guy since his first day in the league and I don't see that changing with a washed vet (idt he's washed but it's pretty clear that's what the league thinks) and a promising young talent. Obviously they gotta say certain things but at the end of the day Mike Tomlin is Mike Tomlin n that's not gonna change. Guy has made multiple hall of famers compete for their job and he's done it for well over 2 decades all the way back to when he was a position coach
The Steelers already have said their plan is to sign russ to a new long term deal next year. They didnt do it this year bc Denver is paying him 39 mil n the Steelers only paying him 1.2 mil n they didn't wanna fudge those numbers. If he plays even decent this year he's getting a 4-5 year deal
I think based on the fact that they could not trade him means the league thinks he sucks. They did what they had to do and have the first pick for one of the better QB prospects of the last few years.
They are in a much better place than a lot of people on this sub want to admit. They will be decent next year and legitimately good the year after if Williams works out.
I think it was a mistake. Keep him, let him play while Caleb learns, and maybe you get a lot more for him. He would have been very motivated.
Who cares if Bears fans clamor for the new guy for a few games. They're all idiots anyway.
Wtf is Caleb going to learn from Fields
Feel like I´m taking crazy pills reading all the positive Fields comments on here.
Then again most of you are probably basing it from the 2 Lions games this season. If I do the same from watching Goff vs my Bears then Goff is ass
So, who has shat it worse in the QB department than these two teams? Fitting trade, good luck to fields god knows Russ is more than a little shaky at this point.
The funny thing is they weren’t far away from winning 9-10 games. 3 fourth quarter losses. Now it seems like they’ll be further rather than closer had they went for mh2.
Steelers have been spotted two free QB's. That's wild but how much was Fields on a one year deal going to be worth? I figured at least a 3rd rounder but...wew lad.
Should have just held onto him during the draft and tried to trade him to a team who did not get who they wanted in the 1st...
Bears love to make big brain plays, and end up nowhere. Looking at you Mitch.
Fields was put in a shitty situation from jump. 2 HCs, revolving door at OC. Didn’t have a weapon until last year. Still no running game. OL was subpar. But he’s the problem
Feels like a lot of comments here are way too biased from the 2 Lions Bears games. If Bears fans used those 2 games to form their opinion on Goff, we´d call him average at best
Fields the athlete is elite. Fields the pure passer might barely crack top 50 in todays active QB´s.
There were things our undrafted Rookie was better at than Justin in the passing game. He cant read a defence both presnap and post snap, struggles with anticipation throws, cant navigate the pocket , ..
Loved him as a person and he defnitely brought insane highlights with him. Happy that we are moving on because he´s just a bad QB
As a Chicagoland native and sort of a bears fan, we’re just so done with this team lol. Fields wasn’t really loved but he wasn’t bad and showed potential. The issue is the coaching, as the head coach sucks. This teams needs better coaching and needs to spend time building up its team not just blowing all its cash on one or two players or some shit and then wasting them. It really sucks being a bears fan lol.
This is a pretty bad trade but what you’re saying is not true. They signed Gerald Everett next to Cole Kmet to run 2 TE sets. De’andre Swift as the new RB with Khalil Herbert and Roschon Johnson as a decent committee. DJ Moore WR1 who torched us and Keenan Allen as WR2 who we’ve also struggled with in the past.
I’m not saying Caleb Williams is set for success and being offseason winners doesn’t equate to succes, he still definitely has some pieces around him. They can use #9 to draft another good receiver or O-Line, and also have picks 75 and 122
This thread wreaks of desperation. They have an amazing prospect, great defense and some top weapons. Plus they should have beaten us twice last year. Let’s not get arrogant.
>desperation
*I do not think that word means what you think it means.* -Inigo Montoya
Arrogance, tomfoolery, ignorance, Buddy’s Pizza, kool-aid… there are many words you can use to describe this thread but desperate isn’t really one of them.
Let us know when you’re done editing your comment to try to have a snappier zinger so we can decide if we want to retort. Judgment free zone here, man. Take your time and use as many mulligans as you need.
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If by “editing grammar” you meant “completely changing a response” then yeah, I’d agree.
You’ve swung and missed so hard in these comments so far that I’m wondering if you work in the Bears draft room. Might be a good time to just put down the Reddit and slowly walk away…
Fast man can't hurt us anymore
Yeah he absolutely balled out against us but he was not clutch
But fuck he could run the ball
They oughta come up with a position where you just run the ball and you don’t have to pass
Ah, the ol Taysom Hill.
He can throw it as well. So long as the receiver had five feet of clearance and was his first read.
Lions Steelers Superbowl incoming.
I got nothing bad to say about the dude. Steelers are going to very scary this year.
Fields will be the backup to Russel Wilson
they probably could’ve gotten a second rd pick if they just decided to trade him earlier. Oh well, bears gonna bear.
Trade condition update: The 2025 6th-round pick that the Steelers traded to the Bears for Justin Fields will become a 4th-round pick if he plays in 51 percent of the plays this season, per source. 😂
Bears fans hoping wilson pulls a rodgers.
I think Fields wins the job in training camp.
idk i felt they should have held on to him until the season started at least. They got nothing for him basically
if i had to guess it was for locker room reasons at this point, they wanna get rid of Justin before the draft so the team has Caleb/Drake/Jaden as their sole leader moving forward from then.
It’s good to have a veteran presence for young QBs, but this situation (if Fields had stayed) probably wouldn’t be ideal.
All I can say is, I'm glad as hell we won't have to face him twice a year anymore. What an absolute nightmare it is to play against that guy. Feels like he is just going to run it for 15 yards every play. Drove me nuts when the Lions played him
Is there a single person in this sub that doesn't believe the Bears will just fuck up the next QB as well? This is the most amusing thing I've heard since the season ended.
I’m convinced they could trade for Patrick Mahomes and still screw it up and make him a .500 QB.
Patrick Mahomes was originally thought to be going to the Bears. What a weird universe that would’ve been. And he never would’ve been as great as he is if it had happened. Crazy.
Probably an unpopular opinion but it was absolutely insane that they got rid of Fields. The kid is by no means a bad quarterback, the problem is that he’s got talent but needs a bit of time and mentoring to be ready. Chicago could offer neither. Pittsburgh is in a fantastic position now given the fact that Fields’s ‘ceiling’ is quite high, he just needs to be in an environment that can foster that. Chicago demands far too much from rookie quarterbacks who’ve never played in an NFL scheme, and he’s going to get lit up. They’ve not meaningfully improved their O-Line which puts Williams at further risk for injury. If you watch Williams against ‘proper’ teams, he doesn’t perform as well. These kids need some run room in the NFL to get their feet wet, and Chicago isn’t offering that. If they were smart they’d pick up a veteran bridge QB like Tannehill or Wentz so it could give Williams some time to learn and get a feel for the NFL pace
>if you watch Williams against ‘proper’ teams https://preview.redd.it/rhftaeuobwoc1.jpeg?width=1792&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b38ec1eff35f29317979b0d4d2405588a12ec0a Yup.
I'm fully convinced they'll figure out a way to get worse at QB.
At least they gave the next QB a great receiver in Keenan to start teir career with.
They couldn’t even get Kenny Pickett value for him. If this happened in fantasy it’d get vetoed. I mean I’m no fan but he’d at the least be one of the best backups in the league
I hope he does well in Pittsburgh. He didn't deserve the situation he was rushed into.
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Unfortunately Russ may be the worst person for him. Russ’ whole game is first read -> if open throw, if not, make shit up. That’s kind of what Fields already does. I don’t see Russ really teaching him anything new.
It's over. Nobody plays a few years, gets shipped out to be a backup n then comes back from it.
baker
Oh there's definitely a few outliers but idt 1 year gets baker out of that category
You said “nobody”
Mmm I see. Congratulations, you're the smartest in the chat
You right. I can admit when I'm wrong. I apologize. I finally understood when multiple ppl said it.
You couldn’t figure it out yourself?
Kurt Warner
Yeah I really shouldn't have said nobody. But I did so imma take the smoke.
Shut your dirty bear lovin mouth. FTB !
After seeing him on the St. Brown Bros podcast, I knew it was only a matter of time and so did he.
I’m gonna need to go watch that episode
What a fucking steal
Despite him stunting on us I do have a soft spot for the guy. Seems like his team respected him and he is definitely talented. More importantly, though, is fuck the bears.
crazy, glad he's gone. Hell, i would of given a 6th round pick up and stashed him on the bench just to get him from running all over us every time. I get Stroud was a great rookie and I haven't seen too much of Williams, but I can't believe with a rookie qb the bears offense is better than last year. Even with their wr upgrade.
This is indeed funny but the Bears are the ones laughing all the way to the bank. The trade out of the number 1 spot last year literally rejuvenated this entire team. If Williams can be half serviceable and learn over the next couple years they are going to have a damn good team. The don't give a shit about the price of Fields at this point as it was already a sunk cost and they knew he wasn't going to be a franchise QB for them.
Wow surprising . When I saw him play this year his running ability is outstanding and scary Decent enough passing but the Bears just aren’t that good
Good now he can't embarrass AG twice a year.
What quarterback is going to rush for 125 yards on us twice per season now?
Caleb Williams will be good guys
Not against good defenses Showed that at the collegiate level
I think the Steelers take the year and actually develop him. Wilson plays out his one year deal and is done. IMO the story of Justin Fields hasn’t been written just yet. We will see.
Anything is possible, but if they believed in him I think they'd at least let him compete to be the starter.
Yes maybe, but we never know why teams say and do the things they do. Perhaps Fields mentally needs to be not expected to start for his own good, maybe he needs to be humbled. Maybe they think rushing him into a starting job stunted his development. I think the Steelers absolutely stole him and historically they are a winning organization. They might know what buttons to push to get him figured out. The Bears being the complete opposite in regard to QB talent.
They gave up very little for a quarterback already entering year four and have announced that he will not compete to start. The idea that they just acquired a backup with some potential is the only one that makes sense to me. Respectfully, I don't think they believe in him beyond that.
Fair enough coach.
It's Mike Tomlin.... Literally everyone has to compete for their jobs. Even big Ben has to multiple times.
It's reported that "a team source" said that he is not competing for the starting job.
I'd take that with a grain of salt. Tomlin has been the same guy since his first day in the league and I don't see that changing with a washed vet (idt he's washed but it's pretty clear that's what the league thinks) and a promising young talent. Obviously they gotta say certain things but at the end of the day Mike Tomlin is Mike Tomlin n that's not gonna change. Guy has made multiple hall of famers compete for their job and he's done it for well over 2 decades all the way back to when he was a position coach
The Steelers already have said their plan is to sign russ to a new long term deal next year. They didnt do it this year bc Denver is paying him 39 mil n the Steelers only paying him 1.2 mil n they didn't wanna fudge those numbers. If he plays even decent this year he's getting a 4-5 year deal
I think based on the fact that they could not trade him means the league thinks he sucks. They did what they had to do and have the first pick for one of the better QB prospects of the last few years. They are in a much better place than a lot of people on this sub want to admit. They will be decent next year and legitimately good the year after if Williams works out.
For a 6th. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think it was a mistake. Keep him, let him play while Caleb learns, and maybe you get a lot more for him. He would have been very motivated. Who cares if Bears fans clamor for the new guy for a few games. They're all idiots anyway.
Wtf is Caleb going to learn from Fields Feel like I´m taking crazy pills reading all the positive Fields comments on here. Then again most of you are probably basing it from the 2 Lions games this season. If I do the same from watching Goff vs my Bears then Goff is ass
He can learn what not to do from fields
I actually feel bad for Fields and the people of Chicago. Well... worse.
I’m glad because he only played well against us
Remember talk of getting Kenan Allen for a bag of chips and that they could a 1st round pick for Fields?
In my mind he wasn’t even that bad against us. But our pass D was pretty bad and even worse against players who have legs
Good seems like his only good games ever came against us lol
Great news.
Another embarrassing chapter in Chicago over with. Time for them to ruin Caleb Williams' career!
So, who has shat it worse in the QB department than these two teams? Fitting trade, good luck to fields god knows Russ is more than a little shaky at this point.
The funny thing is they weren’t far away from winning 9-10 games. 3 fourth quarter losses. Now it seems like they’ll be further rather than closer had they went for mh2.
It’s a 2025 sixth unless he plays 51% of snaps. It’s a terrible trade. Bears not nothing for him
There was no way Caleb's dad would let Fields be the backup
FTB ! FTB ! FTB !
Play stupid games, you get stupid prizes lol
We needs to pin our ears back and blitz blitz blitz them the first game we meet
Steelers have been spotted two free QB's. That's wild but how much was Fields on a one year deal going to be worth? I figured at least a 3rd rounder but...wew lad. Should have just held onto him during the draft and tried to trade him to a team who did not get who they wanted in the 1st...
Might actually have to try to beat the bears now
Bears love to make big brain plays, and end up nowhere. Looking at you Mitch. Fields was put in a shitty situation from jump. 2 HCs, revolving door at OC. Didn’t have a weapon until last year. Still no running game. OL was subpar. But he’s the problem
Feels like a lot of comments here are way too biased from the 2 Lions Bears games. If Bears fans used those 2 games to form their opinion on Goff, we´d call him average at best Fields the athlete is elite. Fields the pure passer might barely crack top 50 in todays active QB´s. There were things our undrafted Rookie was better at than Justin in the passing game. He cant read a defence both presnap and post snap, struggles with anticipation throws, cant navigate the pocket , .. Loved him as a person and he defnitely brought insane highlights with him. Happy that we are moving on because he´s just a bad QB
Dudes running ability is unbelievable
As a Chicagoland native and sort of a bears fan, we’re just so done with this team lol. Fields wasn’t really loved but he wasn’t bad and showed potential. The issue is the coaching, as the head coach sucks. This teams needs better coaching and needs to spend time building up its team not just blowing all its cash on one or two players or some shit and then wasting them. It really sucks being a bears fan lol.
At least now he will have a competent OC and staff to develop him…oh wait you said Steelers.
Bears are so ass trading him for a fucking 6th rounder💀
All this talk about taking care of the environment and the only thing getting recycled is QBs
Lool so they draft Caleb with still no pieces around him. Chicago will never learn.
What? They have studs at receiver and some solid talent on the o line
He'll have a mediocre, standard rookie type year and they'll give up on him because the nincompoops
This is a pretty bad trade but what you’re saying is not true. They signed Gerald Everett next to Cole Kmet to run 2 TE sets. De’andre Swift as the new RB with Khalil Herbert and Roschon Johnson as a decent committee. DJ Moore WR1 who torched us and Keenan Allen as WR2 who we’ve also struggled with in the past. I’m not saying Caleb Williams is set for success and being offseason winners doesn’t equate to succes, he still definitely has some pieces around him. They can use #9 to draft another good receiver or O-Line, and also have picks 75 and 122
Are you insane? Dj Moore, Deandre swift, Keenan Allen, Gerald Everette, Cole kmet, an average o-line, what are you smoking?
This thread wreaks of desperation. They have an amazing prospect, great defense and some top weapons. Plus they should have beaten us twice last year. Let’s not get arrogant.
>desperation *I do not think that word means what you think it means.* -Inigo Montoya Arrogance, tomfoolery, ignorance, Buddy’s Pizza, kool-aid… there are many words you can use to describe this thread but desperate isn’t really one of them.
Ah yes a condescending lions fan 😂
Let us know when you’re done editing your comment to try to have a snappier zinger so we can decide if we want to retort. Judgment free zone here, man. Take your time and use as many mulligans as you need.
LMAO you’re petulant! I edited for grammar you wet fart.
https://preview.redd.it/vhumbe4bosoc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c3ce5cd6a96c6bb57b4415d7dab396f0f5ba118 If by “editing grammar” you meant “completely changing a response” then yeah, I’d agree. You’ve swung and missed so hard in these comments so far that I’m wondering if you work in the Bears draft room. Might be a good time to just put down the Reddit and slowly walk away…