Instead of having veteran Jacoby Brissett, high-upside signal-caller Justin Fields and the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft to address their quarterback situation, the New England Patriots have Brissett, their third overall selection and a modest sixth-round pick in the 2025 draft.
Fields was traded from the Chicago Bears to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday. Pittsburgh sent a conditional sixth-rounder to Chicago for the 2021 first-round pick. If Fields plays more than half of Pittsburgh’s snaps in 2024, that conditional sixth-round pick becomes a fourth-rounder.
It feels like a worthy investment for a team like the Steelers, who don’t have their long-term answer at quarterback written in stone.