Many pundits, fans, and interested parties were lobbying for the New York Giants to take a shot at acquiring Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields.
Fields was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers this past weekend for a conditional sixth-round draft pick, prompting a social media onslaught of people questioning their team’s effort to acquire the former first-round pick.
The answer was revealed in an article by Jaclyn Hendricks of the New York Post on Monday morning.
Former Bears quarterback Justin Fields wanted Pittsburgh alone as his next NFL home.
Before the Bears traded Fields to the Steelers on Saturday, four NFL teams inquired about the 25-year-old quarterback, whose camp “asked for him not to be traded there” as he “wanted the Steelers,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Sunday.
The four suitors were not specified.
Again, no one is sure if the Giants made an inquiry, which is a moot point since Fields appeared to want to play in Pittsburgh no matter what.
The Giants signed Drew Lock on March 14 to a one-year, $5 million free agent deal. One has to wonder if they rebuffed on an attempt to trade for Fields before they made that decision.
Fields will earn $1.6 million with the Steelers this year and will play behind Russell Wilson in training camp barring anything unforeseen.
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