Fields being traded to Pittsburgh

Now we know what happened. Fields asked to be traded to the Steelers, and Poles honored the request even though 5 other teams were interested and Poles had at least one better offer. So start throwing the rotten tomatoes at Poles. He did what I was hoping he would do.

upset he wasn't a HoF? he wasn't even a middle of the road qb. If he had been around 12th people would have been euphoric. 

Not sure what you mean. The book has not been written yet. All we know is that market value is below what I thought (I won't speak for any other poster). Until he plays next year, no other determination can be made. Unless you want to say that the trade value that was determined by 31 teams was correct. MANY times teams have not seen the value of someone taken in the later rounds and then turned out to be a stud. His real value will be determined by how he plays on a good team with a good coach. And his value may end up being what was given (a next years 6th round pick), but until I see him play like a scrub this year, I am not going to believe it. 

So anyway, this is not going to be resolved until he plays and there is no point in going on about it. Focus now should be on how the team continues to rebuild and who they pick. I believe at this point that Williams is going to be that pick. My hope is that he lives up to the hype. If we pick wrong, we have really hurt ourselves.

I'd like for us not to forget that we also need a better defense to win games. a DT and another DE are needed. We are ok with WRs now (and I mean ok - we could use another younger stud there). This year we have the WRs to really be good. I have a feeling that we are going to trade out of #9 because of the needs we still have. Poles likes doing that even when we have more than 4 picks, so I'd be surprised if he did not this year. He did get us another great WR, and not sure on the C, but possibly filled that hole. Those two positions along with the play calling were what hurt us the most in terms of a passing game (IMO) last year. We are in much better shape there, but will have a rookie QB so that could be shaky. FA is not over, but I don't expect too many other acquisitions that will move the needle a lot. I hope I am wrong, but we'll see. The real action now will happen in the draft. Still almost 40 days left to see this shake out. Really interesting off season so far for sure!

This is Poles team for sure. He is either going to be a hero or a zero. Really pulling for him to be a hero. Can't stand another rebuild with another group again. This needs to work.

According to Albert Breer, the Steelers plan to have Fields take over the staring job next year. According to ME, it may come sooner.