OT: Justin Fields Signs With NY Jets, Darnold/Seahawks, Stafford/Rams, Geno Smith/Raiders, Carr/Saints

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I think he's right that one will return but I wouldn't wager on which one. Justin is younger, cheaper and not a Pre Madonna.
The issue with Fields is he's an extremely polarizing figure for someone who lacks the production to support that kind of attention and needs an offense redesigned around him to maximize his potential and it may minimize some of what your other players do best.

If he could play more on time and his fans weren't psychos, it'd be a lot easier decision for interested teams to give him a short bridge contract.
 

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The issue with Fields is he's an extremely polarizing figure for someone who lacks the production to support that kind of attention and needs an offense redesigned around him to maximize his potential and it may minimize some of what your other players do best.

If he could play more on time and his fans weren't psychos, it'd be a lot easier decision for interested teams to give him a short bridge contract.
Teams could give a shit about our opinions and the rest is what will determine his future. I don't think there's an issue here. It's simply a team's need and evaluation process... like any other player.
 

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No downfield accuracy either
He never fully lost those floaters. Uncanny ability to throw balls that wouldn't turn over. Opposite of Cutler throwing sinkers.

Deep ball is a Justin attribute.
 

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Fields shouldn't even consider Tennessee because he'll be backing up cam ward and having to hope he busts to get a real chance at that job
Pretty sure Tennessee is trading that pick based on everything I've read but overall I think he only has interest in Tennessee to drive up his price between NYJ/PIT.

They've got a terrible roster.
 

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The longer this goes, the more it feels like the Steelers don't want Wilson or Fields.

There could be a long negotiation that we don't know about, but it feels like they are interested to see what happens with Rodgers and Darnold. Otherwise, if they really wanted either Wilson or Fields, why let them enter free agency and risk either losing them or driving up their price?
 

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The longer this goes, the more it feels like the Steelers don't want Wilson or Fields.

There could be a long negotiation that we don't know about, but it feels like they are interested to see what happens with Rodgers and Darnold. Otherwise, if they really wanted either Wilson or Fields, why let them enter free agency and risk either losing them or driving up their price?
That’s a fair viewpoint.
 
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The longer this goes, the more it feels like the Steelers don't want Wilson or Fields.

There could be a long negotiation that we don't know about, but it feels like they are interested to see what happens with Rodgers and Darnold. Otherwise, if they really wanted either Wilson or Fields, why let them enter free agency and risk either losing them or driving up their price?

There is really no reason for Russ or Justin to sign before next Monday when the FA negotiating period begins unless they pay them their perceived market value which they will probably only get when they shop their services around.
 

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The longer this goes, the more it feels like the Steelers don't want Wilson or Fields.

There could be a long negotiation that we don't know about, but it feels like they are interested to see what happens with Rodgers and Darnold. Otherwise, if they really wanted either Wilson or Fields, why let them enter free agency and risk either losing them or driving up their price?
I wonder if they enter the Rodgers sweepstakes
 
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There is really no reason for Russ or Justin to sign before next Monday when the FA negotiating period begins unless they pay them their perceived market value which they will probably only get when they shop their services around.

Yea...Fields would just be hurting his value signing a deal with the steelers now.

If his camp knows there are at least 2-3 teams interested, you start a bidding war to get the best offer. It may not be much higher, but its at least something.

The jets honestly are probably a better situation for fields too, especially if the rumors of trading for olave are true. If he goes there I know for a fact i'll be buying low on breece hall in fantasy.
 

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I wonder if they enter the Rodgers sweepstakes

I got no clue why they would want rodgers.

Keep saying the best thing for the steelers is to just reset the QB window and suck for a year, then take a QB in 2026. The reason they are stuck in mediocrity is the same reason the bulls have been, they never gut the roster enough to just flat out suck.

Rodgers is probably a giant, because that FO is desperate. My guess is they also draft shadeur and let him sit a year behind rodgers. I already got the popcorn ready for how little that jackass would help the rookie
 

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Feels early for the Titans to be holding these meetings. I do think Poles was smart in 2023 when he traded the pick before FA to get things set in stone before teams start spending cash. Giants getting Rodgers and Ward makes plenty of sense.

Titans get extra draft capital + one of Hunter/Carter when they've been pretty ho-hum about the QBs throughout the process.
 

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Kirk Cousins

The Kirk Cousins situation remains one worth watching. Cousins doesn’t want to be in Atlanta. The Falcons have been resolute in messaging that they’re planning on keeping him on the roster alongside Michael Penix Jr. And a deadline is coming.

That deadline is St. Patrick’s Day, when $10 million of Cousins’s money for 2026 vests.

Simply put, if the Falcons truly plan on having Cousins around in 2025, having him on the roster on March 17 would prove it. Because at that point, not only are the Falcons on the hook for it, it also would make what’s already unlikely, pulling off a trade to get something back for him, even more difficult. And even before we get there, free agency starts a week before that, so holding him on the roster through that week would make it tougher for him to find another starting job, since those will be filling up over that time.


It's a tough situation for everyone. On Cousins’s end, it’s simple—he wants to go start somewhere else. For Atlanta, it’s more complicated. Their logic is saying they want to keep him, which is, essentially, saying we’d rather pay $100 million for two years of Cousins, rather than just chalk $90 million for 2024 as a sunk cost on a failed signing makes some sense. But there’s also what’s best for Penix to consider, and it might not be great for a young quarterback to have the accomplished veteran he replaced around.

Either way, I think we’ll hear more about this one this week. Because if Cousins feels like he and his camp have to start getting pushy, now’s the time to do it.


Cousins at a league min salary feels like what the Steelers wind up doing if he does manage to get himself cut.
 

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Yea...Fields would just be hurting his value signing a deal with the steelers now.

If his camp knows there are at least 2-3 teams interested, you start a bidding war to get the best offer. It may not be much higher, but its at least something.

The jets honestly are probably a better situation for fields too, especially if the rumors of trading for olave are true. If he goes there I know for a fact i'll be buying low on breece hall in fantasy.

Fields has a clear home if things don't work out with the Steelers in the next week whereas the Steelers could 100% be bluffing on their interest in bringing Wilson back.

That Jets roster is better offensively than the Steelers roster without question. Fields/Hall/Wilson/Tyler Warren would be far more intriguing that dealing with Pickens and a rookie RB + whatever WR they find.
 

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