Justin Fields isn’t the Detroit Lions’ or Dan Campbell’s problem anymore.
After the Chicago Bears traded Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Campbell breathed a sigh of relief, the passionate Lions head coach told reporters during the annual NFL Meeting.
Dan Campbell has High Praise for Justin Fields
Fields never quite lived up to his billing as a top-15 selection in the NFL Draft during his time with the Bears, but be it because of being miscast in Chicago’s various offensive schemes during his tenure or a limited supporting cast for much of his time in the Windy City, Campbell believes Fields’ best football is ahead of him.
“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 played a starring role in upsetting the Lions in Week 13 upset victory in which he passed for 223 yards with a touchdown while rushing for 58 yards and another touchdown in a 28-13 win.
“Listen, he’s dangerous,” Dan Campbell said 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 like 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.”
Now, the only time Dan Campbell will need to worry about containing Fields is when the Lions face the Steelers, which they won’t have to do during the 2024 season.
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