Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

[Woodman]

Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick - NBC Sports

Russell Wilson potentially will have competition after all.
A day after trading former first-round pick Kenny Pickett to the Eagles — and six days after acquiring Wilson from the Broncos — the Steelers have traded for Justin Fields.
The Bears get a 2025 sixth-round pick that upgrades to a 2025 fourth-round pick if he plays 51 percent of the offensive plays this season, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
It confirms what the Bears will do with the No. 1 overall pick. It won’t be a trade. It won’t be used for a receiver. The Bears will take a quarterback, and that quarterback is expected to be USC’s Caleb Williams.

[TheConsigliere]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

Interesting.

Bears are drafting a QB.

[Ingtar33]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

wilson won't have competition. he has a 1 year contract. he knows he's a rental in pitt. this is about the QB after wilson.

and the fact it took the bears this long to move off field tells me they've been asking way too much for him, and only when they got down to a reasonable ask people started sniffing.

[Woodman]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

wilson won't have competition. he has a 1 year contract. he knows he's a rental in pitt. this is about the QB after wilson.

and the fact it took the bears this long to move off field tells me they've been asking way too much for him, and only when they got down to a reasonable ask people started sniffing.

A third day pick in 2025 .... oh how the mighty have fallen.

[Novacane]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

A first rnd QB is such a risk. If you miss you wasted 3 years, often multiple picks, and you still suck.

[jamze132]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

I’d rather have Fields as a backup.

[Kenny]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

Pitts didnt spend much on Wilson, I think the league minimum for a vet? Might be an open competition after all.

[Woodman]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

The Bears will have two extremely comfortable QB contracts.

They need a WR they need Diggs ..... I'd take their 2nd or 3rd this year and 4th or 5th neext year.

They pick up his (Diggs) huge contract.

We draft his replacement hopefully.

[Ingtar33]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

The Bears will have two extremely comfortable QB contracts.

They need a WR they need Diggs ..... I'd take their 2nd or 3rd this year and 4th or 5th neext year.

They pick up his (Diggs) huge contract.

We draft his replacement hopefully.

I don't think we save a dollar of cap money moving off diggs. In fact i think it costs us like 14mil in cap space if we move diggs. i might be wrong about that, seem to remember reading that last year. I think we can move off him in 2025 though...

[Canadian'eh!]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

The Bears will have two extremely comfortable QB contracts.

They need a WR they need Diggs ..... I'd take their 2nd or 3rd this year and 4th or 5th neext year.

They pick up his (Diggs) huge contract.

We draft his replacement hopefully.

If you could get a 3rd and 5th for Diggs on the wrong side of 30 and on a huge contract, I’d be amazed.

But, as was mentioned, we take the same massive cap hit as cutting him if we trade him.

[Woodman]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

I don't think we save a dollar of cap money moving off diggs. In fact i think it costs us like 14mil in cap space if we move diggs. i might be wrong about that, seem to remember reading that last year. I think we can move off him in 2025 though...

well that's no good.

[Woodman]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

If you could get a 3rd and 5th for Diggs on the wrong side of 30 and on a huge contract, I’d be amazed.

But, as was mentioned, we take the same massive cap hit as cutting him if we trade him.

yeah that would kill it for me ......... we wrote a **** contract ......... unless someone else would east the entire burden.

[Woodman]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

A first rnd QB is such a risk. If you miss you wasted 3 years, often multiple picks, and you still suck.

we know that's true we we're experts at it.

[YardRat]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

yeah that would kill it for me ......... we wrote a **** contract ......... unless someone else would east the entire burden.

They can't. The prorated bonus money is our cap responsibility and there is no way to avoid it.

[Woodman]

Re: Bears trade Justin Fields to the Steelers for 2025 third-day pick

They can't. The prorated bonus money is our cap responsibility and there is no way to avoid it.

We are officially stuck .... just hope he has his greatest season x2.