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Justin Fields Signs with Jets, Leaves Steelers Behind
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3/11/2025
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Justin Fields moves on from the Pittsburgh Steelers as a free agent to the New York Jets.
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I understand the plan here. We're not ready to win yet. We have a young, talented quarterback.
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If this is our franchise guy, we didn't give up any draft capital and didn't spend a ton
00:13
of money to get, say, quarterback. Talk to us about the move from Fields saying, you know what,
00:17
Pittsburgh, unless you're giving me the starting job, I don't want to be here.
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And the Jets probably told him, yeah, you're our quarterback number one.
00:24
Yes, I think that's well said, Donnie, and also very low risk for the Jets. If it doesn't work
00:32
out after year one, there's four void years on the end of it. The cap hits are very low,
00:37
and I just don't think it's a high risk at all. The Jets promised him the starting job week one,
00:45
but I don't really think, Donnie, they've promised him much more than that. The problem for the
00:49
Steelers is that they promised a job to Russ Wilson before Fields ever took the field. Fields
00:55
played fine. I don't think he played great. He played well enough to continue to play,
01:02
but because this strange promise had been made before the season to Russ, and Russ takes over,
01:08
has initial success, and then the Steelers stayed at the end of the season yet again.
01:12
So I understand why Fields would want to depart, because he doesn't feel like he can trust them.
01:18
I think he probably liked the working relationship with Arthur Smith,
01:22
but Tomlin overrode that in the middle of the year last year, so he moves on, and the Steelers are
01:27
obviously going to have to look for other options. Russell Wilson's still on the table for them.
01:32
Aaron Rodgers, Daniel Jones, other veteran quarterbacks are out there for them to take
01:37
a look at. Would they take a huge swing with Kirk Cousins? I don't see it. I think Aaron Rodgers is
01:42
a real possibility, but is he waiting for something else other than the Steelers?
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Steelers are a playoff team. Any of the names that I mentioned,
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I don't think it transforms them into the best team in their own division.
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