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The NFL news cycle is in full swing with free agency and trade news coming fast and furious. What does it mean for fantasy football in 2024? Matt Harmon breaks down the key signings, deals and speculation by position to help you sort through it all.
You can also follow all of the latest developments with Yahoo Sports’ NFL free agency tracker.
Quarterbacks
Justin Fields finally gets traded … to the Steelers
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the sixth-round pick will become a fourth-round pick if Fields plays 51% of the snaps this season. The Steelers have now completely refurbished their 2023 disaster of a quarterback room into a Russell Wilson-Justin Fields combination for the low cost of $1.2 million and a Day 3 draft pick.
That’s some solid work.
The idea that any team would walk into this season with Russell Wilson as their only realistic option at quarterback, after what he’s put on film the last two years, was nothing short of insanity. When the Steelers traded Kenny Pickett to the Eagles on Saturday, that was the talking point put out by insiders. This trade puts that idea to bed.
Fields is by no means a sure bet to be a long-term answer or even a good short-term starter. The lack of interest in his services around the league proves that is the belief. However, he can push Wilson if the veteran quarterback can’t run Arthur Smith’s offense consistently and, at the very least, gives them a far superior developmental option than Pickett.
Pittsburgh has been my favorite landing spot for Justin Fields for a while. With Russ in the mix too, this will be a fascinating QB room to track throughout the offseason and into the season. https://t.co/EJy6kuAUVx
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) March 16, 2024
If Fields makes starts, he will have fantasy football appeal because of his ability as a runner. Given what we saw out of Smith’s offense with Marcus Mariota in 2022, there’s far more upside to the quarterback run game in this system than anything Fields…
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Publish date : 2024-03-16 23:36:51
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