Bears Trade Fields To Steelers, Opening Way To Draft Replacement

Clearing the deck for a new quarterback — almost certain to be Caleb Williams — the Bears agreed to trade 2021 first-round pick Justin Fields to Pittsburgh on Saturday night. They are receiving only a conditional draft pick in what is an anticlimactic end to a talk-radio debate in Chicago. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the cost for Fields was only a 2025 fifth-round pick that converts to a fourth-rounder if Fields plays at least 51 percent of snaps with the Steelers. This is a far cry from deals that...