The Pittsburgh Steelers have yet to publicly name a starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets, but it sounds like Russell Wilson has been told he will be under center.
Wilson told reporters on Thursday that he is confident heading into his “first game of the year.”
‘First game of the year for me but been fortunate to be in a lot of first games’#Steelers Russell Wilson pic.twitter.com/Yfxscvec5I
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Wilson was active for last week’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders, so technically that was his first game back from his calf injury. Since he is viewing this Sunday’s game as his first, that is a good indicator that he has been told he will be Pittsburgh’s starting quarterback.
The Steelers have gone 4-2 with Fields as their starting quarterback. Fields has completed 66.3% of his passes for 1,106 yards, 5 touchdowns and just 1 interception. He has 231 rushing yards and another 5 scores on the ground.
It is somewhat of a surprise that Tomlin is making a quarterback change given the success the Steelers have had. Fields offered a very honest take when discussing the situation on Thursday.
Wilson beat out Fields for the starting QB job during training camp before the 35-year-old suffered a setback with his calf injury. Tomlin never named Fields the full-time starter while Wilson was sidelined, and it appears Wilson is now going to get his opportunity.
