Report: No trade market has emerged
for Bears QB Justin Fields
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[March 13, 2024]
A trade market for Bears quarterback Justin Fields has yet to
develop, ESPN reported on Tuesday, citing sources that most teams
view the 2021 first-round pick as a backup.
Fields was widely expected to be in play for the Atlanta Falcons or
Pittsburgh Steelers. Atlanta agreed to a reported $180 million
contract with 35-year-old Kirk Cousins and the Steelers signed
Russell Wilson at a discount rate with Denver paying most of the $39
million salary he's guaranteed for 2024.
The modest market creates a conundrum in Chicago, where general
manager Ryan Poles holds a pair of top-10 draft picks and the Bears
are thought to be planning on using one of those selections on
Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams.
The Bears hold the No. 1 pick in the draft because they opted to
pass on Bryce Young of Alabama and No. 2 pick C.J. Stroud of Ohio
State in 2023, instead dealing the rights to the top spot to the
Panthers. Carolina traded wide receiver DJ Moore and their
first-round picks in 2023 and 2024 to the Bears and selected Young.
Many of the teams still in the market for a quarterback are focused
on a popular set of prospects in the 2024 draft with Williams, LSU's
Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye of North Carolina and J.J. McCarthy of
Michigan being discussed as probable top-15 picks. Oregon's Bo Nix
and Washington's Michael Penix Jr. are also on the radar as
potential first- or second-round picks.
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Fields, 25, still could find a new home this
offseason. The Las Vegas Raiders agreed to a two-year deal with
Gardner Minshew but are paying a backup rate to a potential
placeholder starter and the New England Patriots, currently holding
the No. 3 pick in the 2024 draft, might give Fields a shot if it
becomes evident their preferred quarterback won't be available at
the top of the draft.
Value for first-round draft picks at quarterback nosediving is a
familiar backdrop for general managers attempting to offload those
players. The Patriots agreed to accept a sixth-round pick in
exchange for Mac Jones, who was selected 15th in 2021, four spots
after Fields went to the Bears.
The No. 3 pick in that draft, Trey Lance, was traded to the Dallas
Cowboys from the San Francisco 49ers for a fourth-round pick.
The 2021 No. 2 pick, Zach Wilson, has drawn no interest after being
given permission to seek a trade by the Jets last month.
--Field Level Media
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