Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin hasn’t but mentioned if Justin Fields will stay his beginning quarterback when veteran Russell Wilson is cleared to return to motion from a lingering calf harm that is saved Wilson sidelined all through September.
Throughout an look on Pittsburgh sports activities radio station 93.7 The Fan, NFL insider Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Speak steered that Tomlin does not need to bench a wholesome Wilson till such a call turns into crucial.
“The problem is conserving Russell Wilson from activating his private media machine within the occasion that he is aware of he is able to go and he is annoyed about not enjoying,” Florio mentioned, as shared by Matthew Marczi of Steelers Depot. “That is the one draw back to this, however I feel they know the way to deal with him in a method that can maintain him from attempting to make his case by his (public relations) representatives to reporters who can be pushing the agenda that, ‘Why did he come right here? He ought to be traded.'”
Wilson reportedly misplaced members of the Denver Broncos locker room throughout his first season with the membership in 2022 as a consequence of his character and antics. After the Broncos ate the most important dead-cap hit in NFL historical past to launch Wilson this previous March, Aditi Kinkhabwala of CBS Sports activities insisted that there was “a really valid reason” that head coach Sean Payton wished the 35-year-old “nowhere close to” the Denver locker room.
“I feel that is why they’re doing issues like giving him the ‘petty game ball,'” Florio added concerning the Steelers’ dealing with of Wilson.
Florio is hardly the one particular person to hint that an sad Wilson may trigger behind-the-scenes issues for Pittsburgh. With that mentioned, Fields to date has guided the 2-0 Steelers to only one touchdown throughout 21 offensive drives. In response to ESPN stats, the 25-year-old enters Week 3 of the marketing campaign ranked twenty third within the league with a 41.8 adjusted QBR and tied for twenty third with a median of 6.3 yards gained per cross try.
Fields is on monitor to get the nod for this Sunday’s dwelling recreation in opposition to the 2-0 Los Angeles Chargers. If he once more places up lackluster passing numbers, Tomlin could hope that Wilson is sweet to go for the Week 4 matchup on the Indianapolis Colts (0-2) on Sept. 29.
