Justin Fields will not be returning kicks for the Pittsburgh Steelers this year—unless you’re playing Madden. If you’re reading this, then you probably saw or read about the new Madden trailer. It opened with a clip of Fields returning a kick, something that apparently unintentionally became a storyline early on.
Fields laughed it off when reporters eventually had the opportunity to ask him about it, confirming he is still a quarterback. But after three years as a starter and on the short end of a quarterback “competition”, he can’t feel too happy to see that, one Chicago podcast host believes.