Pittsburgh Steelers

REPORT: Fields Set To Sign Shocking Deal in Free Agency?

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The Pittsburgh Steelers’ search for a quarterback has taken several twists and turns since Ben Roethlisberger retired. The Kenny Pickett experiment didn’t work. Mason Rudolph started a playoff game. In 2024, the team turned to Justin Fields and Russell Wilson. Despite encouraging flashes, neither ran away with the 2025 job.
That takes the Steelers to free agency, where both quarterbacks are set to hit the open market.
Wilson took Fields’ spot in Week 7 and ran with the job, winning six of his first seven starts before the team’s late-season collapse. For all the trust Pittsburgh put in him, clashes with offensive coordinator Arthur Smith may render him a non-factor for the team’s future plans.
Instead, the Steelers could prioritize Fields, although a recent free agency rumor suggests he could sign a shocking deal in free agency.
“The rumor out of Indianapolis is as follows: the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t want Russell Wilson back. So much so that they have a low-ball offer on the table that they anticipate he will find disrespectful,” Cory Kinnan reported. “They want Fields. But at the right price.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields
“The only issue, however, is that the New York Jets also want Fields on a gap-year-type deal to recover from the Rodgers debacle. So Fields’ agent, super-agent David Mulugheta, is using that to leverage his price up.
“We’ll see what the outcome is between Pittsburgh and the Big Apple, but the amount of money Fields is going to get is going to cause eyes to pop out of heads.”
Frankly, a bidding war serves other competitors more than the Steelers. If they are looking to compete in 2025, and attempting to do so with Fields, upgrading the supporting cast is paramount. This is not a roster capable of winning playoff games without improvements to the receiving corps and running back room. Acquiring high-profile stars, particularly in the passing game, is always going to be an expensive endeavor. Fields eating significantly into the 2025 cap might prevent that.
With other options – Aaron Rodgers, Jameis Winston, Sam Darnold, among others – providing outs for Pittsburgh, the organization can pivot off of continuity if the price creeps close to $30 million.
Given the success the Steelers have found with mediocre passers in recent years, it’s hard to blame them for sticking to that plan, even if it keeps them in quarterback purgatory.
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