The Pittsburgh Steelers look to have a coming quarterback competition between Russell Wilson and Justin Fields.
coach Mike Tomlin said Monday that Wilson is considered Pittsburgh's starting quarterback but Fields will get a chance to compete.
Kenny Pickett, the team's first-round pick in 2022, asked for a trade after Wilson's arrival, Tomlin said. So, Pittsburgh sent him to Philadelphia and acquired Fields, a first-round pick in 2021, from Chicago for a conditional sixth-round choice in 2025.Pittsburgh Steelers newly signed quarterback Russell Wilson speaks with reporters in Pittsburgh, Friday, March 15, 2024, in Pittsburgh.
"When the free agency process began, we only had one quarterback on our roster and so we were looking at every available person on the market," Tomlin said."It was just part of our process. Obviously when we got into it, and after got permission to talk. ... the conversations were very fluid and natural. He did his appropriate research on us, and I think that's probably one of the more impressive things about the process from my perspective.
He paused, and then added:"I mean it's always difficult when you take a cap hit like that. We spent time deciding how we were going to take that and then we move forward again." "They could be adulating J.J. or being booed or being hit, and then this killer comes out," Harbaugh said."Whether it's good, whether it's bad, he's got an extra gear especially when he's being challenge. And you also see the big personality and do anything for another guy on the team. ... He's incredible. Big market, small market, cold weather, hot weather, it wouldn't matter. I've said it before. I think he's the best quarterback in the draft.
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