"Wild!!!” - Rich Eisen Reacts to the Steelers Trading for Justin Fields after Signing Russell Wilson

Hey, listen, today is March 18th, it was just a month ago when on this same show we had Jerry Dlac from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette because I saw what he had written over the weekend that he loves suits, well he didn't write that. well, he wrote he over the weekend before we had it on President's Day weekend. I should add that he wrote that the Pitts ber Steelers were committed to giving Kenny Picket a third season as the Pittsburgh Steelers' starting quarterback, they were committed to giving him a full season. season as a starter and we're even thinking about bringing back Mason Rudolph and having a quarterback competition because he apparently wasn't opposed to returning to the Steelers after finishing strong and leading the Steelers to the playoffs by operating the offense in a picketing manner. he didn't do it before getting hurt and then Mitchell Pisy didn't do it while filling in for the injured picket line and they weren't interested in veteran quarterbacks elsewhere, quote that would include Justin Fields and Kirk Cousins ​​and probably even Russell Wilson, who has a connection to the Steelers is what Jerry wrote and we had Jerry now, we're going to have Jerry again today, he's in the third hour of this show because the Steelers did the reverse course because Jerry's not just making up things out of nowhere, but also I've been covering the Steelers forever and a day and he knows what his thinking was and his thinking was that we're not going to go after Kirk Cousins ​​because they weren't paying him all the money that Atlanta I was paying him and maybe at that time they were doing it.

I didn't pick Justin Fields because let's not forget when the season ended and we knew the Bears had Caleb Williams as the possible next Chicago Bears quarterback because they once again own the first overall pick, making Justin Fields expendable again and how this time because of How Good Caleb Williams is. I think Justin Fields was going to be traded. What were we talking about. Don't forget, at the time we were all talking about Atlanta being a destination for him and how Atlanta could trade the eighth overall pick in the draft. 2 Chicago to Justin Phils 8th overall draft pick for a long time is what was being discussed at the time among all of us who supposedly know things right, that's so funny now, why would the Steelers give up the 20th overall pick? of the draft for Justin?

Fields when they could eventually trade a 6th round pick for him that could move up to a 4th round pick if he gets 51% of the snaps next season, but guess what when this trade took place over the weekend? ? They supposedly got a backup for Russell Wilson, so the Steelers took the quarterback room of Kenny Picket, Mitchell Tris and Mason Rudolph, and turned it into the quarterback room of Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, and all it cost was $1.2 million for Russ, who was not there. back on their radar of being of interest to the Steelers over President's Day weekend because he was still a member of the Broncos B, we all assumed he wouldn't be a member of the Broncos for much longer, but let's see if they really thought so.

Everyone thinks for sure that they would just cut him well, it seemed likely at the time, but in fact it happened, so they signed Russell Wilson for the league minimum $1.2 million and got Justin Fields for a third D pick of the third day draft and the way it's not for this year it's not for next year it doesn't cost him a single piece of the draft Capital this year to get Justin Fields is a potential six trades in a fourth next year and is on the agenda for 3 million and change this year, so the quarterback room of Russ and Justin Fields combine the cost, the number starts with a four, except there are no seven zeros after it, like the four in New York for Daniel Jones, that's 4 points, whatever it is instead for this quarterback room and for the Steelers, they have to do a great job, because it's low risk, even if they pick up Justin's fifth-year option Fields, what they have to do by May 2, and they will, it's 20-something million and change, put it together and you.

I have Russ and Justin Fields together for this year and then just one more. The cost of them together is approximately $30 million over two years. How many quarterback rooms are there? I mean, think about this way Taylor Hinei supports the Kurk cousins, you know? how much money it's going to cost about 7 million dollars taylor hanii will wear a headset and a clipboard in his arms for 7 million dollars that's double the cost of the entire

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quarterback room why don't the

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they would take on this roll of the dice because it's that, I mean we all know Russ had a Hall of Fame resume and he still has it and he has a chance if he does what he can do in Pittsburgh if he did in Seattle what he did and he can bring that game. to Pittsburgh and they're going to run the ball just like they did in Seattle and they're going to take play actions just like they did in Seattle and they're going to play defense just like they did in Seattle.

It's set up for us to play action and bring up someone like George Pickins, it's set up for us to do the Seattle stuff, it's set up, so there's that, but Russ hasn't shown up in like four years with any consistency, so there's that. and Justin. Fields will be sitting there too and these two guys together, whether you call it a quarterback stat or not, the worst quarterback record in the NFL since 2021 belongs to Justin,

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10 and 28, second worst record belongs to Zach Wilson, how cool was that. that 2021 quarterback class, uh, and third is Russ in terms of most sacks taken, you know, Russ, we've been saying he takes too many sacks, too many 133 since 2021, only one quarterback has sacked Moore , it's Justin Fields, yes, 35, the only quarterbacks. lose 25 or more games and win less than 20 since 2021 as starters, let me repeat that you have lost more than 25 and won less than 20, there are only two quarterbacks, they are the

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of the Steelers quarterback room at 10 and 28 Russell and 17-27 also lead the league and a lot of people say it's not their fault, it's the fault of everything around them, well, we're going to find out, we're going to find out something crazy, and this is the other one. which you just can't make up lest we forget again over President's Day weekend.

The Steelers were like it was a picket gig and we're going to get Mason, we're going to run him back, we're going to run him back and we're not

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. a veteran and we're not going to hire a veteran and we're going to bring in Arthur Smith to figure this out what we're going to do this is what the plan is and now here he is until a month later and it's Russ and there are two names in the story by Jerry Dak that they weren't interested in, okay, so keep that in mind, got it, check that box.

I get it, but this is totally unexpected, is that Russ is being extended the extended courtesies. to the quarterbacks who have normally been on the team for seven days, me for seven years, not seven days, well, I put the first one here. Tom Peliso over the weekend, once Fields was acquired, wondered if there is competition between Russ and Justin. A source only texted Russ as the starter Ian Raport said this a day after when the trade for Fields fell through, Mike Tomlin reached out to Russ as the trade was being made to let him know he was the starter.

Tom Peliso said it last night according to uh and Tom and Views that according to the plan, Fields will compete independently not only of Jerry Dlac, who I can't wait to review Bo, we have a lot to talk about and it has nothing to do with the suits , you know the obvious. He signed the veteran shortstop to a one-year deal because the Broncos will pay him $39 million for the remainder of 2024, but Wilson and the Steelers intend to make a longer deal at the end of the season, according to sources. It's crazy for a team to go from "we're not interested" to "well, we're interested in having a long-term deal with a guy who has the most dead money on The Ledger from the last team he was in with." the most in NFL history this just doesn't compute, it doesn't compute at all and I fully admit, you know I like being right more than almost anything right I think we're good, so it's going to be hard for me to say.

This guy was wrong, I was right, well, yeah, I mean, I'm like, well, Pickett's not just going to be watching Russ get his job given away after the last three years when they thought so much about the picket line they were on. considering, but not even bringing in Russ, this won't just be a coronation, there will be a competition, well, everything says that the reason they sent Picket is that he was so upset with the arrival of Russell Wilson that he acted so adversely who got the door. Because Tomlin says he doesn't want hostages, he wants volunteers, so he walks out the door and crosses the state to Philadelphia, where he barely has a chance of starting because apparently the picket line was told that Russ will receive the first team representatives, so after the Last three years, Russell.

Wilson gets to a place where he's given first-team reps from the start. They tell him he's the starter when they bring in someone 10 years younger than him who has a much better chance of, instead of getting a sack, taking one. 50 yards than Russ, that's true, and the guy who will have a fifth-year option for 20-something million dollars will simply be installed as the backup period with no competition and with the intention of

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him long-term at the end. of the season before he's even done a practice rep, this is truly one of the most notable achievements of Russell Wilson's career, black and gold, here we go.

I'm serious, I didn't give him much of a chance to be in a place where C could potentially compete for the position and now he's not even competing for the position and they're already looking ahead to keeping him there forever for the rest of his career. . Hi, Russell Wilson and his agent did some work and it all started with him showing what it was all about for him when he flew through the New York airport. I tell you, that showed the strength and enthusiasm that can only lead to someone telling the Pittsburgh Steelers that these aren't the quarterbacks they're looking for. like a complete Obi-Wan mind trick, those other quarterbacks aren't what you're looking for, you're looking for me.

I will get the representatives of the first team. I'm sending Kenny Picket to Philadelphia. I will get Justin Fields as backup and I will get a long term deal as his intention of events attracts the attention of the

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