[Pryor] Fields, today: “Shoutout to Poles, we communicated to him through my agent, and I told him where I wanted to be and this was a place I wanted to be, so he honored that and I appreciate him for that and glad he was able to put me in a spot where I wanted to be at.”
May 21, 2024
[Pryor] Fields, today: “Shoutout to Poles, we communicated to him through my agent, and I told him where I wanted to be and this was a place I wanted to be, so he honored that and I appreciate him for that and glad he was able to put me in a spot where I wanted to be at.”
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Other players will notice and feel more comfortable coming.
Fields confirming that Poles did him a solid, which is def something the locker-room would notice. Lots of players really did love Fields, and this shows them Poles does treat them like they’re people as well, not just assets to be managed.
Why we still talking about the Steelers backup QB?
Edit: lol
Pretty cool move by Poles. Clearly knows Fields was done kinda dirty his first couple seasons, and even if a lot of Fields’ failure here is also on him I feel like this is a great show of good faith on Poles’ part. Classy way to handle this
Damn so Poles really did turn down better draft compensation to send Fields to a better spot. I am incredibly disappointed by that
Edit: Yall can downvote me all you want. The sentimental attachment to a player who is no longer on this team is kinda wierd lol
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This guy is gonna take over for Russ on the back half of the season and get ripped up. Steelers fans complain about going 9-8? Enjoy going 4-13.
1) It’s good to hear Fields confirm what Poles represented before. Now we have both sides of the story and can feel confident it’s true.
2) I think this continues to show the changing of the guard. Poles fired Cliff Stein because, from what I read, Stein was a little too hard on agents/players.
So we have two data points now where the organization wants to be more player friendly. I think that will pay dividends under the line of thinking that you catch more bees with honey. Sure, you can save some money or slightly increase a draft pick with hard-nosed negotiating, but you have to factor in the “we pissed people off” element and balance those two together.
Class act. He was also asked if we put him in the best position to succeed and instead of deflecting moved right passed that question.
Had every right to shit on the org for the OC hire and the cast around him.
I also see this as a way to boost culture and morale within the locker room regarding the relationship between the players and the organization .
Nothing but good karma from this.
That’s actually really impressive. When you think about it, it probably did cost the team a better draft pick. Not saying he they would’ve gotten a 2nd or even 3rd but, a 4th (without the risk of 6th) seemed entirely possible. All that said, I love the move.
God, it is asinine how the Fields hateboner will never die for some of the clowns in this sub.
The guy is literally expressing his gratitude for the Bears’ GM doing right by him and somehow that’s a bad thing.
Perception matters, and this helps to improve the perception among players of what it’s like to be a Chicago Bear.
This was a solid move by Poles, nicely done. This will carry weight, as players talk.
This means more than a higher pick they could have got from another team. Also JF’s agent represents some other players on the Bears I believe.
To all the sheep at ESPN who just regurgitate each others takes and make something out of nothing…kick rocks
I really, really, really like Fields. I hope he’s able to properly grow and learn and be the QB he says he can be.
This is refreshing to read and can only help in the long run.
the irrational hate for fields still is mind boggling.
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Other players will notice and feel more comfortable coming.
Fields confirming that Poles did him a solid, which is def something the locker-room would notice. Lots of players really did love Fields, and this shows them Poles does treat them like they’re people as well, not just assets to be managed.
Why we still talking about the Steelers backup QB?
Edit: lol
Pretty cool move by Poles. Clearly knows Fields was done kinda dirty his first couple seasons, and even if a lot of Fields’ failure here is also on him I feel like this is a great show of good faith on Poles’ part. Classy way to handle this
Damn so Poles really did turn down better draft compensation to send Fields to a better spot. I am incredibly disappointed by that
Edit: Yall can downvote me all you want. The sentimental attachment to a player who is no longer on this team is kinda wierd lol
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This guy is gonna take over for Russ on the back half of the season and get ripped up. Steelers fans complain about going 9-8? Enjoy going 4-13.
1) It’s good to hear Fields confirm what Poles represented before. Now we have both sides of the story and can feel confident it’s true.
2) I think this continues to show the changing of the guard. Poles fired Cliff Stein because, from what I read, Stein was a little too hard on agents/players.
So we have two data points now where the organization wants to be more player friendly. I think that will pay dividends under the line of thinking that you catch more bees with honey. Sure, you can save some money or slightly increase a draft pick with hard-nosed negotiating, but you have to factor in the “we pissed people off” element and balance those two together.
Class act. He was also asked if we put him in the best position to succeed and instead of deflecting moved right passed that question.
Had every right to shit on the org for the OC hire and the cast around him.
I also see this as a way to boost culture and morale within the locker room regarding the relationship between the players and the organization .
Nothing but good karma from this.
That’s actually really impressive. When you think about it, it probably did cost the team a better draft pick. Not saying he they would’ve gotten a 2nd or even 3rd but, a 4th (without the risk of 6th) seemed entirely possible. All that said, I love the move.
God, it is asinine how the Fields hateboner will never die for some of the clowns in this sub.
The guy is literally expressing his gratitude for the Bears’ GM doing right by him and somehow that’s a bad thing.
Perception matters, and this helps to improve the perception among players of what it’s like to be a Chicago Bear.
This was a solid move by Poles, nicely done. This will carry weight, as players talk.
This means more than a higher pick they could have got from another team. Also JF’s agent represents some other players on the Bears I believe.
To all the sheep at ESPN who just regurgitate each others takes and make something out of nothing…kick rocks
I really, really, really like Fields. I hope he’s able to properly grow and learn and be the QB he says he can be.
This is refreshing to read and can only help in the long run.
the irrational hate for fields still is mind boggling.