5 Teams That Should Trade For Justin Fields

In 2021, the Chicago Bears drafted Justin Fields with the no. 11 overall pick. 3 seasons later, the Bears find themselves with the first pick and the opportunity to draft a quarterback who can lead them to a better record than Fields’s 10-28 record as a starter.

Caleb Williams could be the next great Hall of Famer so it makes sense Chicago is flirting with moving on from Fields for a potential upgrade. Personally, I think Caleb’s career is dead on arrival if he shakes Roger Goodell’s hand and puts on a Chicago Bears hat at the draft.

And sure, Fields has his flaws as a player.

My man loves holding onto the ball juuust long enough to get bodyslammed by linebackers. And sometimes he gets in his head and misses wide-open receivers like his XBox controller ran out of batteries.

But he can ball.

The best throw in Justin Fields’ NFL career, IMO, was this.

Rookie year.

No thinking. Set. Cannon. Dime.
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— The Bears Show (@TheBearsShow) February 13, 2024

JF has a cannon arm and can get from his 30-yard line to his opponent’s 30 in the blink of an eye. He is one of the most physically gifted players in the entire league and has been handcuffed to Chicago’s incompetence for his whole career.

So let’s look at new homes for our boy. Usually, I write these trade articles from the team’s perspectives and which organizations would benefit but we’re over that. Instead, let’s look at trade opportunities that will benefit Justin Fields as a player and myself as a selfish football fan.

Here are 5 teams that should trade for Justin Fields:

1. Atlanta Falcons

This feels obvious. Justin Fields is from Georgia and the offensive is stacked like AD from Love is Blind. Fields getting to play in front of his family and give the ball to guys like Kyle Pitts and Bijan Robinson is easily the best landing spot for Fields.

I know I’ve sarcastically mocked the idea of every Sean McVay friend, acquaintance and enemy getting every open coaching vacancy across the league simply by proximity to McVay’s rarified air but I genuinely like the signing of Zac Robinson as the Falcons offensive coordinator. Mainly because last season, it felt like the offense was intentionally restricting their talented players from showing how talented they are. Bijan Robinson and Kyle Pitts should statistically be in the Top 5 in their positions but they feel like an afterthought in the gameplan.

Plus, the Falcons play in a division that’s currently being run by Baker fucking Mayfield, who might not even be on the Bucs next season. Fields could walk into Atlanta and instantly run the NFC South. Who’s going to stop him? Derek Carr?? BRYCE YOUNG?????

2. New York Giants

It’s never great when the franchise quarterback you gave a 4-year $160 million contract to looks like it’s his career NFL game in every single game he plays and gets replaced by an undrafted, third-string rookie QB who goes on a 3-game winning streak leading the same offense Jones failed in. There are more local Tommy DeVito commercials in the last 6 months than any Daniel Jones commercials in his 5 years as the New York Giants QB1. Not great.

Justin Fields can do all of the scrambling that keeps Daniel Jones on an NFL roster but unlike Jones, Fields isn’t terrified of turning the ball over so he’ll play aggressively and take the big shots down the field that his running ability opens up.

And I loved the way Daboll coached DeVito last season. There were stories about Daboll always staying behind and watching film or just meeting with DeVito when he was last on the depth chart with no chance of playing. Daboll can nurse Fields back to health and turn him into the franchise QB they’re currently pretending Daniel Jones is.

3. San Francisco 49ers

You could make the argument that literally all quarterbacks should want to play with Kyle Shanahan. Matt Ryan won an MVP trophy thanks to that man. Jimmy Garappolo has generational wealth he does not deserve because of that man. Brock Purdy would be a middle school gym teacher in Phoenix, Arizona right now if it weren’t for that man.

Justin Fields has a far better arm and better legs than Purdy. Fields would’ve won the Super Bowl. Maybe. I don’t know. It’s tough to win an overtime game when no one on your sidelines understands the overtime rules but maybe Fields make a few more plays that prevent the game from going to extra time in the first place.

A Justin Fields/Christian McCaffrey backfield would give opposing defenses nightmares but speaking of scary backfields, walk with me. I’m inventing a brand new type of offense in a second.

4. Arizona Cardinals

Okay, hear me out. But what if a new offensive guru devised a master plan to create a two-quarterback system where both Kyler Murray and Justin Fields shared quarterback responsibilities and played on the field at the same time? If you grew up creating playbooks on Madden like I did, with not a single girl checking for you on AOL Instant Messanger, then you’ve made two quarterback schemes before.

Let’s shake shit up, man. Shotgun formation with two QBs in the backfield and maybe Kyler or Justin motions out to the slot and then motions back to receive and end-around hand-off weak side. I’m getting a bit in the weeds here but my point is, it’s 2024. We’re so close to positionless football. Why not create a new type of offense where two quarterbacks both play simultaneously replacing a running back who has quickly become less and less valuable as time goes on?

Actually, why stop there? I know I just said running backs lost value but not a guy like Saquon Barkley who plays receiver as well. What is an NFL defense going to do about Kyler Murray, Justin Fields and Saquon Barkley gashing them for big plays over and over and over and over again?

Someone get me on the phone with the Cardinals front office. We have work to do.

5. Chicago Bears

Okay, yes, technically this isn’t a potential trade landing spot and the Bears are actively playing in Fields’s face about replacing him but sometimes I think we all talk about quarterbacks as if there is a perfect situation that could magically turn them into Tom Brady if everything went right when in reality, it’s okay to just be like, the 17th best quarterback in the NFL. Jake Delhomme, Matt Hasselbeck and Brad Johnson all made Super Bowls in my lifetime.

Justin Fields should stay in Chicago for his career. He’ll easily go down as the best Bears QB in franchise history. Who is he even competing against? Mitch Trubisky? Jay Cutler? Rex Grossman?? All Fields has to do is play 10+ years in Illinois, luck into the playoffs a few years, maybe beat some injured teams, make an NFC Championship game or two and they’ll build him a statue outside of Soldier Field.

Not everyone is going to have a Peyton Manning Hall of Fame career. Most guys are Joey Harrington or Teddy Bridgewater and that’s fine. Fields is going to be a famous millionaire regardless.

Don’t go chasing waterfalls.

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