Detroit Lions’ Dan Campbell comments on Justin Fields’ move.
Justin Fields is no longer the Detroit Lions’ or Dan Campbell’s issue. Campbell felt relieved after the Chicago Bears traded Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the enthusiastic Lions head coach told reporters at the annual NFL Meeting.
Dan Campbell has high praise for Justin Fields. Fields never lived up to his billing as a top-15 NFL Draft pick during his time with the Bears, but Campbell believes Fields’ best football is ahead of him, whether it’s due to being miscast in Chicago’s various offensive schemes or a limited supporting cast for much of his time in the Windy City. “I’m not gonna lie,” Campbell told reporters in Orlando. “It’s nice to have him out of that division.”
During the 2023 season, Fields was a key player in the Lions’ surprise victory in Week 13, passing for 223 yards and a score while rushing for 58 yards and another touchdown in a 28-13 win.
“Listen, he’s dangerous,” Dan Campbell warned of Fields in December 2023. “He’s one of these rare, dangerous players, and I’ll tell you what he’s done a really good job of — from last year to this year — is if it’s a pass and he starts to move, he’s still moving with eyes down the field much more than I felt he had previously, and that’s extremely dangerous because even in Minnesota, he had two or three receivers wide open after he had kind of run, found a way through, broke contain, and all of a sudden he gets an explosive pass off of it. “But he is dangerous, and everything starts with him, for us defensively, and containing these guys.”
Dan Campbell will now only have to worry about restricting Fields when the Lions play the Steelers, which they will not have to do in 2024.
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