Steelers Wire
Last season was a roller coaster ride for the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks. Russell Wilson suffers an injury very early in the offseason, opening the door for Justin Fields to start the season. He did just that and went 4-2 in his first six games.
Then once Wilson was healthy he took over the starting spot, relegating Fields back to the bench. And for seven weeks it worked. Sort of. Wilson had a few solid games in there but most importantly, the team was winning.
Then the bottom dropped out for Wilson. He reverted back to some bad habits, took way too many hits and was holding onto the football for far too long. Fans and pundits were screaming for the Steelers to put Fields back in after Wilson started to struggle but to no avail.
Now, according to NFL reporter Adam Caplan, there were coaches within the organization begging for Fields to be the starter again but according to Caplan, they were “overruled.”
“I’d be very surprised if Russell Wilson comes back.” @caplannfl shares his thoughts on the Pittsburgh Steelers QB situation with @FerrallonGrid:#NFL #HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/9c9TfexLpu
— SportsGrid (@SportsGrid) February 21, 2025
Caplan offered no specifics but it isn’t much of a reach to assume at least one offensive coach who wanted Fields back on the field was offensive coordinator Arthur Smith and the source of the final ruling was head coach Mike Tomlin. Tomlin has this entire staff and roster under his thumb and micromanages them to a point where the rest of the people on the staff don’t really matter.
