Quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Justin Fields came to Pittsburgh ready to start a new chapter. Will the Steelers emerge winners this season?
Damien Woody remains unimpressed with the Steelers quarterback situation a day after Russell Wilson was named starter over Justin Fields. All three were emerging from situations that didn't quite fit, and all three needed something new after high-profile struggles and failures.
As a result, the team made uncharacteristic, high-profile moves, hiring Smith as offensive coordinator and retooling the quarterback room by trading away a recent first-round pick and landing Wilson and Fields to unite a group galvanized by change in an organization that traditionally resists it. "I got to get back to just looking," Smith said."I got to look at the last five years ... get a fresh set of eyes and dive in what you did, what you like, what fits us. That part's been really fun."
Players who were with him in Atlanta and followed him to Pittsburgh see a positive shift in Smith, too., a Steelers free agency addition who was acquired by the Falcons midseason in 2023."I think he's having fun doing what he's doing. Not saying that he didn't have fun in Atlanta, but I think that now he just doesn't have to worry about everything."
"I feel the fountain of youth," Wilson said a couple of months after arriving in Pittsburgh."I feel revived in every way, mentally, emotionally, spiritually. I feel confident." There was, of course, an acute sense of relief when he got the call from his agent to close that chapter of his career. Fields was eating dinner around 10 p.m. in Italy, on a quick break from a European tour of hosting football camps with
The 25-year-old takes frequent walks around his Mount Washington neighborhood with his dog, traversing the sidewalks and backroads high above the city."I feel like if I was a little bit shorter then maybe I could , and especially my hair out now, it causes a bunch of attention." Fields told ESPN."I think the difference between here and Chicago is just people, I think they just respect space in your area.
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