Ideally, I like to live off the 24-hour sports news cycle. A story is a story for a day and the collective world moves onto the next thing. With the exception of big and tangible events, like the Pittsburgh Steelers hiring OC Arthur Smith, the rumor mill should have a much shorter shelf life. But with the Super Bowl over and a quiet part of the offseason, the Justin Fields-to-Steelers chatter has held firm. I don’t want to be just the latest writing about the idea but it’s worth separating the bark from bite.
While Fields’ destination is unknown and nothing should be completely ruled out, there’s been an unequal amount of time of the media discussing Fields landing in Pittsburgh to the odds it actually happens.