Russell Wilson is playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their final exhibition game. Because, well, it’s quite necessary at this point.
“We’re playing,” Wilson told reporters. “Yeah, we’re all playing.”
I’d add an addendum to that statement: Wilson is playing for his starting job. Both for the first week of the regular season and likely every week after that, too.
This is where the Steelers are in a starting quarterback decision that has stretched on far longer than the franchise initially intended when camp started in July. In some ways, it’s the predictable quandary that we all expected between Wilson and Justin Fields. It’s what happens when you pit a 35-year-old quarterback with signs of decline against a 25-year-old who offers special athletic traits and a still-reachable ceiling. You set yourself up for a debate — whether it’s what you intended or not.
Maybe the Steelers always knew this was coming.Surely, there were plenty of signs after Wilson was signed as a free agent and Fields …