According to NFL reporter Albert Breer, the Pittsburgh Steelers and quarterback Justin Fields continue to try to work out a new contract for Fields. According to Breer, the two sides are talking money as expected, but Breer notes that reportedly Fields also wants assurances on his opportunity to start.

Last season the Steelers traded for Fields after signing veteran Russell Wilson. It was a peculiar move, but we had no reason to believe Fields wasn’t coming to Pittsburgh comfortable with being Wilson’s backup. However, when Wilson suffered a calf injury at the start of the training camp, Fields became the starter and he ran with the opportunity.

Fields went 4-2 as a starter and had the team going in the right direction. However, when Wilson was healthy, head coach Mike Tomlin promptly benched Fields. For the first few weeks, the Steelers were winning and Tomlin looked like a genius. But Fields couldn’t have been happy with the move. Then when the wheels fell off for Wilson, Tomlin still didn’t go back to Fields. That couldn’t have sat well with Fields. In fact, Tomlin barely utilized Fields in any specialty packages despite Fields’ athleticism.

It’s hard to blame Fields for being a bit gunshy about coming back to the Steelers after the way things were handled in 2024.

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