The Chicago Bears and Justin Fields finally parted ways on Saturday, with the young quarterback offloaded in a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for a future sixth-round draft pick, which could potentially become a fourth-rounder.
With the Bears seemingly destined to select USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 pick, they opted to move on from Fields ahead of the draft.
Apparently, there was no shortage of interest in the 25-year-old signal-caller, with at least four other teams having inquired with the Bears about a potential Fields trade. However, Fields’s representatives preferred that the QB not be sent to any of those teams and told Chicago he wanted to join the Steelers, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.