A quarterback — albeit one with some serious wheels — handling kickoff duties?
It wasn’t that outlandish earlier this offseason with talk of new Pittsburgh Steelers QB Justin Fields fielding kicks thanks to the new rules in 2024. Fields ended up shooting down the rumors, but the folks over at EA Sports didn’t forget.
In their new trailer for Madden 25 — featuring Christian McCaffrey on the cover — there’s Fields out there fielding a kick before giving the ball to Cordarrelle Patterson, which would be a fun play.
Here’s the trailer, and some reaction to that whole Fields thing that we’d love to see happen in the actual NFL season:
Is that Justin Fields returning a kickoff in the new Madden trailer? 😅 pic.twitter.com/LqpiE0BYNl
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) June 20, 2024
