PITTSBURGH -- Justin Fields received the long-awaited call as he ate a late dinner in Italy on March 16.
Weeks earlier, the Chicago Bears informed their former first-round quarterback at his exit meeting they planned to move on from him and draft a quarterback with their No. 1 overall pick. Finally, after a lengthy limbo dating back to the 2023 offseason, Fields learned he was a Pittsburgh Steeler in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick at 10 p.m. in Milan, Italy.
"We were in the same situation last year with having the number one pick, and it was just a little bit different this year," Fields said Tuesday, speaking for the first time since the trade.