Pittsburgh Steelers QB Justin Fields put to bed the talk of him returning kicks earlier this week. When talking with Brian Batko, Fields said that special teams coordinator Danny Smith was using it as an example to illustrate a broader point, not something for real-world application.
That didn’t stop NFL insider Tom Pelissero, though, from flirting with the idea.
“I don’t think Justin Fields returning kicks is that crazy just because he’s that good of an athlete,” Pelissero said on Friday’s episode of the Rich Eisen Show. “A lot of what he does, if you look at his highlights, they look like kick returns.