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2024 Player Outlook

When the Bears traded up and drafted Fields with the 11th overall pick in 2021, fantasy owners thought they were getting then next big running quarterback cheat code. All he needed to do was out-play Mitchell Trubisky which was not a daunting task. He endured the usual rookie struggles, but started to emerge as the weapon everyone thought they were getting when he threw for over 2,200 yards and rushed for over 1,100. However, the year-to-year growth everyone hoped to see wasn't there last season and Fields appeared in just 13 games, finishing with just over 2,500 passing yards with 16 passing touchdowns, 657 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns. When the Bears realized Carolina's first-round pick they acquired would net them the No. 1 overall pick, they began to make arrangements to move forward without Fields. Shortly before the 2024 NFL Draft, the Bears traded Fields to the Steelers for a 2025 sixth-round pick that could end up as high as a fourth-rounder, but still, the return should tell you all you need to know about how teams view him. The expectation is that Russell Wilson will be the starter come Week 1 and with reports that Fields seemed disinterested in camp and wasn't putting forth a strong effort, his outlook for the 2024 season is not good. You can watch how things develop over the course of training camp, but Fields is not someone to target on Draft Day unless something very significant changes.