PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Justin Fields laughed in regards to the thought he may very well be returning kickoffs, too.
The 2021 first-round draft decide, who joined the Steelers by way of commerce in March, on Tuesday addressed the now-viral anecdote from teammate Jaylen Warren that particular groups coach Danny Smith stated Fields may very well be an choice to return kicks.
“I believe all people type of interpreted it mistaken,” Fields advised the Pittsburgh Submit-Gazette. “Coach Danny was principally simply making an attempt to ship a message that irrespective of who you’re, you might be on particular groups. He simply used that for example.
“… It is humorous how critical social media takes every part. It was type of humorous to me when all people was making an enormous deal about it for no purpose.”
Warren floated the concept in a podcast interview with teammate Cameron Heyward, and it exploded on social media.
“As quickly as you contact the ball, that is when every part begins to occur,” Warren stated. “Our particular groups coordinator was speaking about Justin Fields being again there. … We checked out him like, Justin Fields will probably be again there? I believe it is cool.”
Although Fields is speedy, operating a 4.44 40-yard sprint at his professional day in 2021, he wasn’t used as a returner at Ohio State — or at any latest stage of organized soccer.
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“Hey, you by no means know,” Fields advised the Submit-Gazette on Tuesday. “He would possibly cook dinner one thing up. We’ll see what occurs.”
Actually?
“Nah, I am not right here to try this,” Fields stated. “It was type of a joke, to be sincere with you.”
As a substitute, Fields is in Pittsburgh for a recent begin after a roller-coaster three-year tenure with the Chicago Bears.
“I am taking it daily,” Fields stated final week. “I am undoubtedly competing. I believe [Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson] is aware of that we’re competing in opposition to one another day by day. Him being on the market for me, that helps me getting higher, particularly one another. I undoubtedly haven’t got the mindset of me simply sitting all yr. I am coming in day by day giving all of it I obtained and pushing him to be his finest, and he is pushing me to be my finest every day.”
