(Pittsburgh) Quarterback Justin Fields is calm about the decision to give up his place on the field to veteran Russell Wilson, even though the Pittsburgh Steelers are tied with the Baltimore Ravens for first place in the North Division of the American Association at 4-2.
Published at 1:40 p.m.
While Fields, who is in his fourth season in the NFL, admits to having accomplished some good things while filling in for Wilson while he was recovering from a calf injury, he doesn’t know if he did enough to convincing head coach Mike Tomlin to give him his vote of confidence.
“I don’t think I played well enough, to be honest,” Fields said Thursday. If I want to be honest with myself, I have to say that if I had played up to my expectations, then there would never have been a question about who is playing and who is not. »
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Russell Wilson
Although Tomlin has yet to announce his starting quarterback for Sunday night’s game against the New York Jets (2-4), all indications are that Wilson, who is 35, will get his start. first start with the Steelers.
The veteran participated in several drills with the first team this week, and Fields met with members of the media before practice Thursday, rather than afterward as usual.
Tomlin opened the door for Wilson to come on the scene by emphasizing that although Fields and the Steelers were “very good at times” during the first third of the season, “you shouldn’t confuse good with great “.
Fields had 10 touchdowns (five passing, five rushing) and had just three turnovers (one interception, two fumbles). His accuracy has dropped over the last two weeks, however, and since the second half of the season, after the scheduled bye week in early November, is likely to be very tough for the Steelers, Tomlin seems inclined to see what Wilson can offer it to him.
And it could start this Sunday, against Aaron Rodgers and the Jets.
