Despite the fact that the Steelers acquired two players who were the main starters for their respective clubs the previous season, head coach Mike Tomlin stated there is no quarterback issue in Pittsburgh going into the 2024 campaign.
When the Steelers return to the practice field, veteran Russell Wilson will be ranked first on the depth chart, followed by Justin Fields at number two. The players decide where it goes from there.
“At least initially, we’ve been very open about the hierarchy,” Tomlin stated on Sunday during the annual NFL gathering held in Orlando. “I simply believe that makes everything clear for everyone concerned. Russell has experience. He has an established method of
Russell’s in pole position, I think his body of work you know, justifies that and, and just from my conversations with Justin, I know he he is excited about working alongside Russell and maybe learning some of those veteran tricks of the trade and things that he’s picked up from being in this league for over a decade.”
The Steelers signed Wilson, a 13-year veteran, earlier this month in free agency. Less than a week later, they acquired Fields, who is entering his fourth season, via a trade with the Bears.
That led to the team trading incumbent starter, Kenny Pickett, to Philadelphia in an exchange of draft picks.
Tomlin credited GM Omar Khan with quickly revamping the team’s quarterback room.
“We just studied the field and levels of availability among some of the candidates in the field. We got zeroed in on Russell and Justin among them,” Tomlin said. “The goal was to get one guy initially, but through conversation and work – and I can’t give Omar enough credit – we were able to acquire both guys. With Kenny, from his perspective, he felt like a change of scenery would be a good thing. Obviously, when we felt the trajectory of the business with Chicago moving in the right direction, those dominoes started falling.
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