When the Pittsburgh Steelers signed former Denver Broncos starting quarterback Russell Wilson this offseason, most fans expected that he would be the team’s starting quarterback this upcoming season, even after the team also traded for former Chicago Bears starter Justin Fields. But one ESPN analyst does not seem to think that’s the case, after all.
This week, senior NFL national reporter Dan Graziano of ESPN predicted that Justin Fields will be the starting quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1 ahead of Russell Wilson.
“It’s a lot more of a coin flip than most think, and I believe that part of the reason the Steelers have set Wilson up as the leader in the competition is because they believe that’s the best way to manage him. But I’m going to go out on a limb here and say Fields will show enough through camp to catch him and claim the Week 1 starting spot. I know most people disagree, and I am fully prepared to be wrong. But the vibes didn’t start off great for Wilson, and I just think the Steelers are going to be too tempted by Fields’ upside once they see them both out there. The question then would become whether Wilson is on the team at all,” Graziano wrote for ESPN this week.
It’s certainly a bold prediction. We’ll have to see how it plays out.
