The Pittsburgh Steelers have gotten off to a 4-2 begin, but the coaching staff materializes to be leaning toward making a transport inant alter.
On Saturday, multiple inestablishs surfaced stating the Steelers were set to hand over the begining quarterback duties to veteran signal caller Russell Wilson for the team’s Week 7 game aacquirest the New York Jets.
Fourth year quarterback Justin Fields begined in the first six games of the season. On Tuesday, inestablishs from the NFL Netlabor proposed that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was still weighing the decision. Wilson inestablishedly took rehearse reps with the Steelers’ first-team offense.
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Russell Wilson #3 of the Pittsburgh Steelers on the sideline during the third quarter aacquirest the Los Angeles Chargers at Acricertain Stadium on September 22, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)
Wilson was the presumptive beginer coming out of training camp, but he was indynamic for the Steelers season uncoverer aacquirest the Atlanta Falcons due to a calf injury.
Fields helped the Steelers triumph their first three games of the year. But, Pittsburgh then suffered back-to-back fall shortures before a dominating triumph over the Las Vegas Rhelpers in Week 6.
STEELERS LEGEND ‘WOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT’ REPLACING JUSTIN FIELDS WITH RUSSELL WILSON
While Fields has had some success this season, he confessted that his overall carry outance has not constantified him as the beginer going forward.

Russell Wilson #3 sees on alengthyside Justin Fields #2 of the Pittsburgh Steelers during the Pittsburgh Steelers OTA offseason laborout at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on June 6 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)
“I don’t leank I take parted excellent enough if I’m being genuine with you,” Fields telderly inestablishers earlier this week. “If I’m being genuine with myself, I leank if I did take part well enough I don’t leank there would be any sort of ‘who should be take parting, who should not?'”
NFL Insider Ian Rapoport inestablished that while Wilson is foreseeed to get the begining nod this weekfinish and “take part the bulk of snaps,” Fields will still predicted see some take parting time as “both QBs” could see action.

Oct 13, 2024; Paradise, Nevada, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson (3) hots up before a game aacquirest the Las Vegas Rhelpers at Alleenormous Stadium. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images)
Fields has thrown five touchdowns aacquirest one interception thcimpolite six games. He has also rushed for 231 yards. But, the Steelers’ disparaging unit as a whole has been rather pedestrian, ranking 26th in total offense.
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Wilson accesss Sunday’s game with a 3-1 nurtureer record as a beginer aacquirest the Jets. Sunday’s showdown will also tag the eighth time Wilson and Aaron Rodgers have met in an NFL game.
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