To improve their trade compensation, the Bears need quarterback Justin Fields to play at least 51% of the Steelers’ snaps this season.
He’s getting closer by the week.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin told reporters Tuesday that the team is planning on sticking with Fields for Week 3 against the Chargers.
“We’re readying ourselves around Justin,” he said. “We’ll stay in that mindset until something happens. Hypotheticals are a waste of time.”
He’s already played every offensive snap in the first two games after being pressed into starting duty when Russell Wilson suffered a calf injury days before the start of the season. Wilson isn’t ready to return.
The Bears traded Fields to the Steelers in March for a sixth-round pick that can become a fourth-rounder if the quarterback plays more than half the snaps for his new team.
The Steelers are 2-0 but are one of four NFL teams, alongside the Bears, who have scored just one offensive touchdown this season.
The Bears dealt Fields to the Steelers in March for a sixth-round pick that can become a fourth-rounder if the quarterback plays more than half the snaps for his new team.
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Tracking the three starting rookie quarterbacks — the Bears’ Caleb Williams, the Commanders’ Jayden Daniels and the Broncos’ Bo Nix — in Week 2.
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