The Pittsburgh Steelers made two great moves heading into the 2025 season.
Pittsburgh clearly wanted to improve the quarterback position and did so with not just one, but two major additions. The Steelers landed nine-time Pro Bowler Russell Wilson and former first-round pick Justin Fields. Both have shined with the Steelers so far this season and are big reasons why the team is 8-2.
The Steelers started the season 4-2 with Fields under center and have won their last four games since turning the job over to Wilson. Although Fields no longer is the starter, that doesn’t mean the team doesn’t love him. Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith had some high praise for him even calling him a “premium starter,” as transcribed by Pro Football Talk’s Myles Simmons.
“I don’t view Justin as in this role as a gadget guy,” Smith said. “Justin, to me, is we’ve got two starting quarterbacks. He’s a hell of a football player, so if he can help the team, and there’s — (it’s a) fine line. … So whether you have the opportunity to wrap things up and just the way the game was going, we thought we would throw something at him and put another dynamic football player out there, that certainly helped us, helped us win situational football.
“I still view Justin and he is, I think, (a) premium starter in this league, so it’s a fine line. You don’t want to be a gadget guy, but he can help the team, and he is one of the better football players out there.”
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Fields showed glimpses of his star potential in his six starts with Pittsburgh. Neither Fields nor Wilson are under contract after the season so the franchise is going to have to decide if they want to bring either back.
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