Russell Wilson will play in the Steelers' exhibition game against the Bills on Saturday night as long as he doesn't experience any setbacks to his calf injury.
The"First Take" crew wonders if a two-quarterback system could be beneficial to both Steelers QBs as Justin Fields and Russell Wilson battle for the top spot. Tomlin, who spoke following the Bills-Steelers joint practice Thursday, said Wilson will"be a participant" in the team's second preseason game as long as he doesn't experience any setbacks to the calf injury he suffered on the eve of the team's first training camp practice.
The first-team units on each side of the ball are scheduled to play"roughly" four series after playing three with Fields against the"Last week they played about two series roughly offensively and defensively," he said."We have a mindset of playing roughly four this time around, but that's subject to change based on what it is that we see.
Tomlin, though, didn't have a concrete plan for the number of series Fields or the second-team units would play this time around. Against the Bills in the joint practice, Fields and the offense scored in a two-minute drill, capped with a long touchdown run by the quarterback. Wilson took the first reps in the opening"seven shots" drill against Buffalo's defense, scoring on two of the unit's four attempts. He hitfor touchdowns.
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