LaVar Arrington Says The Pittsburgh Steelers QB Room Is The Definition of Boom or Bust

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2 PROS & A CUP OF JOE -Jonas Knox, and LaVar Arrington react to the news over the weekend that Justin Fields was traded to the Steelers. The guys talk about what this means for both quarterbacks and the Pittsburgh Steelers this year.

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The spin job that the Bears have put together to try and make people think that this was all part of a plan to do a solid for Justin Fields according this from Ryan Poes who made this statement after the trade happened we’ve engaged in multiple trade conversations in

Recent weeks and believe trading Justin at this time to Pittsburgh is what’s best for both Justin and the Bears today we spoke to him to inform him of the trade and the rationale behind it for us as a club we want to thank him for his tireless dedication leadership and all

He poured into our franchise and Community the last three years and we wish him the best towards a long and successful NFL career and look Justin Fields released a statement as well too and it’s everything you and Brady Quinn have said about the guy you can’t find

Anybody that has a bad thing to say about Justin Fields they love that dude and it’s a shame that the Bears did have the number one overall pick because I think that’s really what was dictating this decision and Ian Rapaport uh oh went on social media yesterday what’ he

Say and said important note on the Justin Fields trade at least four additional teams inquired about trading for Fields but Fields representation asked for him not to be traded there he wanted the Steelers and the Bears did right by him now I don’t know whether or not did

You buy that well I I think that’s an indication that somebody with the Bears front office has Ian rapaport’s password and may may have gone on on there and uh and sent that tweet out no I don’t buy that for a second bu come on man like so

So what are the teams and I and like this this whole like trying to push this out let’s just call what it is Kirk Cousins messed up the market yes on his yes because the market was the Falcons and when he made the decision to go to

Atlanta he hurt Minnesota and he hurt Chicago like both of them got it by Kurt Cousins on his way out the door like he he pulled the pin out threw it and then bolted and and now the damage is the Bears trading away Justin fields for a sixth round pick that’s a conditional

Sixth round that turns into a fourth round in 2025 If he if he plays 51% of the snaps this upcoming season which still a fourth round pick I mean you did right by Justin field sounds like it was a wholesale fire sale if you ask me like

This Ste that’s a liquidation sale the Steelers got a third can he pick it bro listen to what I’m telling you right now you got you got Russ for one point what was it 1.3 1. 1.3 or it might have been 1.2 who knows okay 1.2

1.3 and you get a rookie contract and you only had to give up a six a sixth round pick possibly a fourth round pick for for Justin Fields like two starting quarterbacks in the league by the way and like you look at what the quarterback room was in

Pittsburgh last year it was Kenny picket Mason Rudolph Mitch trabis in one off season you’ve gone from that to Russell Wilson Justin fields and it cost you like absolutely a half can of Copenhagen and like a a sixpack of Iron City Light and that’s it you know what’s crazy the

The sitting down and making sense of the move by Pittsburgh it’s like a I Declare War type of scenario setup right you bring them in and and one of the things one of the points I raised when I was discussing it was basically you’re you’re talking about two quarterbacks

That in this situation it’s kind of must must-win situations for both quarterbacks Mike Tomlin if you guys recall said at one point towards the end of the season or right after season ended I’m going to create competition they asked was it was it Kenny Pi his

Job moving forward was it his job moving forward and Mike tomlin’s response was we’re going to bring competition to this quarterback’s room well name me a more competitive quarterback room in the National Football League today Post St Patty’s Day what day today you have two guys that are going

To fiercely intensely compete for the starting job because both of them have something to prove now how good that is I mean you’d have to assume in in a prove it in a a pure production driven industry like football the NFL that this is a tremendously amazing uh scenario for for the Steelers

And it also has to be a tremendously amazing opportunity for the two players as well simply for the fact that they control their own destinies they hold their own Destinies in their own hands you’re coming in both of them are new so there is no I doubt the the players are

Going to be kind of leaning towards one side to the next right like there is no familiarity they’re both new to the team you know and then you then you get into the idea of well whoever whoever earns their keep whoever comes in and is that that right player for the the situation

For the job they’re going to play which by the way don’t be surprised if they do a dual quarterback dual dual quarterback type of system where both of them play quite a bit where they’ve got like a package for Justin fields or something package for Russell Wilson um and I also

Look at it and I go this is different than the situation with DeShaun Watson in Cleveland to where you know massage got that $230 million contract and don’t have to play another down yeah it doesn’t have to play another down also really doesn’t have to sweat a quarterback competition

Because they’re so pot committed to him as their QB that when Joe Flaco comes in and wins comeback Player of the Year it’s like well there’s no quarterback controversy or the fact that they go out and sign jamus Winston there’s no quarterback controversy they could sign

They could they can do a quarterback in the draft or get a undrafted free agent and that could be the one who sants the one of the two guys that just got side yeah like they don’t even hold enough value monetarily to hold a roster spot if they don’t perform like you like

You’re you’re paying them like a bag of funions and some fun dip like there’s nothing you heard me say it you heard me say it like I’m I’m saying if you’re valuing anyone now the Justin field situation that’s different because he’s on his rookie contract so you can’t base

What they think of him value-wise by what they’re paying him until you get to the point the place of if they redo his contract now you’ll know how they feel about Justin Fields when they redo his contract but right as of now there’s there’s nothing there it’s a it’s a

Rookie contract you gave up a sixth round possibly a fourth round like that’s it you’re picking up a rookie contract with with with Russell Wilson you you if again if you felt as though this is the guy you’re turning the the franchise over to and you want him to

Undoubtedly be the leader of this team and it’s his team moving forward you don’t give him that small of a contract and there also there’s a report out there that the Steelers and uh are interested in doing an extension uh with Russell Wilson at some point down the

Road it’s like yeah down the road of course yeah let’s let’s let’s let’s slow it down a little bit here like you know let’s wait and see how this thing turns out like yes I you know Russell Wilson’s a better quarterback than Justin fields and you know at his age you just you

Never know how these things are going to play out I just at this point I yeah I mean I think he is I think his numbers say that he he is he had more yards throwing higher quarterback rating you know all those things but is he better than Justin Fields

Today that’s that’s the I don’t know man I don’t know I mean he’s you know they’ve already named him the starter they told Justin field you’re going to be a backup he was okay with it he wanted the job he wanted the opportunity and look and based off of what the G

Scenario is Jonas that’s the right that’s the right approach it’s the right approach because on paper Russell Wilson is the better quarterback on paper but me asking is he the better quarterback today outside of looking at it from just purely the statistical categories that represent him being better is he the

Better player today I don’t know that to be a definitive yes and and again at the value that pis ber has gotten this this whole scenario and set up for they can look at this and watch them battle it out because they’re both motivated to

Not be a backup or to not be a failure as as a NFL quarterback and listen Russell doesn’t get failure as an NFL quarterback he just gets a faltered career if it doesn’t work out for him how do you think Russ is feeling right now cuz like again this isn’t like he’s

Got this giant contract that you know he’s like well you know hey I’m look this is like Cleveland I don’t have to worry about any competition look at what my money is like how do you think he’s feeling right now that a guy who would have been the starter in Atlanta had

Kurt Cousins not left a team that’s projected to win the division now in the NFC South yes with KT cousins but I would say I liked Atlanta going into next year with Justin fields in that division based on all the talent around him what how do you think Russell Wilson

Is feeling going dude this guy was a starting quarterback and had the Bears not had the number one pick he’s still a starting quarterback and they’re probably looking to redo his deal and give him an an extension and that’s the guy that they bring in as your backup yeah I think that

There’s a multitude of feelings that you would be feeling if you’re if you’re Russell Wilson one is you brought in a guy that could could easily like displace me that’s that’s first and foremost like I this guy has more more more time on his side more more energy you you would have to

Assume that Pittsburgh if they’re really really being totally honest with themselves you got to hope that Justin Fields proves out more so than Russell Wilson and and the reason why I would think that is because one his his rookie contract is coming to an end and you’re

Going to have to decide do you keep him or do you let him go but then two if he does prove out how much of a run can you get with Justin Fields versus a run you get with Russell Wilson so I feel like if I’m Russ he’s looking at it like the

Steelers have put themselves as a in a win-win scenario and it gives me and Justin no real no real Runway there is no real leverage for the two of them at this point all they can do is win by how they play I mean if any any team could

Actually create this type of scenario it’s like the perfect scenario to get the the entire best foot not part of the best foot forward not some of it not a little bit not a whole lot of it but all of it they got to put their entire best

Foot forward and every single day because you can lose your job and that could potentially be a rat for both of them it’s just like like it just if you were to say hey we know what your quarterback situation is in Pittsburgh it’s a little bit up in the air Rudolph trabis Kenny

Picket you literally swapped out all three guys for two St starters for two starters at at a league minimum leag minimum wait a second I can cut your a like that that all that talk in in Denver what he’s got going on and this that and the other and He commands

Too many dollars and he’s stuck to them and da da da da y y y y gone wild man gone that’s wild say the right thing out your mouth to day you going home you’re going home you’re going right back to that that 16 uh go to the restroom

Places that that’s in Denver go go to Aspen and get some ski time in you’re you’re not going to be here in Pittsburgh and the same thing is represented to to Justin Fields if he doesn’t come in and he doesn’t throw down like think about this off seon they

Ain’t going to miss a day you can’t allow yourself this is like back to college now you can’t allow yourself to have any off moments if you’re Russell Wilson or Justin Fields because every single day every single thing you do every single decision you make is going to be measured and weighed

Differently because you’re so Expendable you are you are not stable at all so you’re going to be judged off of every single thing that you do because they can that’s the luxury of what they were able to do by doing the the deal and parlaying it the way that they’ve

Parlayed it they can handle this situation as as hardcore as they would like you add another because they’re going to add another quarterback or two to compete going into Spring ball OTAs mini camps all that stuff so you’re talking about potentially one of these dudes could literally not be on the

Roster come regular season come last Cuts one of these guys can miss the last cut and and the reason this happened is because the Bears wanted to do Justin Fields a solid and send him it’s like what a bunch of crap like let me tell you something you would have sent him to

Indonesia if if they would have offered up a second round no Market yeah like come on dude so if you’re saying you’re going to do right by him you would have assumed that the terms of a contract would have been much different much more different where it gives it gives Justin

Fields the opportunity to go into the scenario and and maybe he is but it gives him to go the opportunity to go into the scenario negotiating what what an extension looks like like just an entirely New Deal allog together it’s unbelievable and and and then for Russell Wilson I mean it’s the same

Thing like okay I know I’m getting paid a ton of money by Denver but you can also give me more to to present me in a way where you believe believe in me and you’re making a financial commitment to me that says that we believe in you

Being the guy that can lead this team like it’s a pro IT contract that’s what everybody’s calling it The prove it contract okay so basically what we’re saying is you got to prove it Justin Fields has to prove it and Pittsburgh doesn’t have to make any type of

Decisions for in the foreseeable future it just seems like it’s a boom bus I say it was a boom bus with Russ this is a boom bust move all the way around for Pittsburgh it’s a boom bus move for Mike Tomlin it’s a boom bus move for the Steelers it’s a

Boom bus move for both of these quarterbacks involved what a home run for the Steelers man like that is just awesome it could go horribly wrong though yeah but you know it could go horribly right but I mean well amazingly right but it could go horribly wrong too

Yeah the best part is is uh when people are doing their Easter egg hunts you know in a couple of weeks from now like whatever you get in like your little plastic eggs just dump it out on the coffee table afterwards that’s about what the Steelers are paying to Russell

Wilson and Justin field you know like when he did when Russ did his initial thing when he signed his contract like it’s official y’all he hit a he hit him with the the lowkey here we go oh that’s his he threw his slogan out he threw his he threw his and then not

Even 24 48 hours later they’re they’re signing Justin field so does here we go still yeah I said I said I put it out there I said anybody who’s a a Steeler fan C on to what Russ did like your catchphrase was here we go like okay so

You’re going back to the Super Bowl year that that Lloyd and all of them Kevin green the the song Here We Go unbelievable Bo like you you brought out the the the the chorus line of the here we go Pittsburgh Steeler song as your punchline he he dusted it off man well

He better dust off his game too