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What a long, strange trip this has been for Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears, but on Saturday night — after a week of quarterbacking musical chairs played out during the start of free agency and — Fields was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a sixth-round pick that could become a fourth-rounder depending on playing time. Fields will back up Russell Wilson for the Steelers, and while that may sound bad for a former starter and first-round draft pick, it might also be the best possible backup job for Fields to have. We explain more, in our winners and losers.
The Steelers have transformed their quarterback room from Mitchell Trubisky, Mason Rudolph and Kenny Pickett to Russell Wilson and Fields for negligible compensation in cash — $4.5 million total for both this year — and draft picks. Getting Fields, who still has tremendous upside, for a low-round draft pick is a steal. They now have a highly motivated Wilson as the starter and a potential future starter who can watch Wilson and be tutored by offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. Finally, after not being fully ready for life after Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers may have their succession plan. And in the ferociously competitive AFC North, they have perhaps the best backup in the league as insurance if Wilson struggles or gets hurt. General manager Omar Khan has been busy — don’t forget their other big free agent signing with linebacker Patrick Queen — and he has engineered a massive upgrade at quarterback while taken on very little risk.