Justin Fields is the huge swing the Steelers have to target says NFL draft expert

According to an NFL draft expert, Justin Fields is the key player the Steelers need to target.

You’ll agree wholeheartedly with ESPN NFL draft expert Mel Kiper Jr.’s assessment if you think the Pittsburgh Steelers are only a quarterback away from contending.

When Kiper and NFL writer Field Yates conducted Yates’ first 2024 NFL mock draft on ESPN, Kiper expressed some misgivings about Yates’ selection of former Oregon quarterback Bo Nix by the Steelers in the first round.

In Yates’ mock, he has Nix coming off the board to the Steelers at pick No. 20, the same spot they drafted Kenny Pickett in 2022, as the fifth quarterback of the first round. Pickett was the first and only quarterback taken in the first round in 2022.

Kiper correctly points out that for the Steelers it is all about keeping up with the elite quarterbacks in the AFC and more specifically the AFC North. Kiper says the Steelers need a big swing and for him that is trading for Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields.

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