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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Russell Wilson “intend to do an extended deal” following the 2024 NFL season, in keeping with Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Publish-Gazette.
Wilson, 35, will play the upcoming marketing campaign on a one-year veteran minimal ($1.2 million) contract, although it helps that the Denver Broncos nonetheless owe him $39 million this 12 months. The Steelers traded for Justin Fields from the Chicago Bears on Saturday evening.
Clearly if Wilson performs properly in 2024, the Steelers will look to proceed the connection. The extra attention-grabbing state of affairs might be if he struggles or outright loses his beginning job to Justin Fields, who has a $25.6 million fifth-year choice for 2025 the crew might select to train.
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
Talking of Justin Fields and the <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Steelers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfw”>#Steelers</a> commerce, coach Mike Tomlin reached out to Russell Wilson final evening when the commerce was taking place to let him know he was the starter. <a href=”https://twitter.com/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfw”>@TomPelissero</a> mentioned it final evening, and Tomlin views that because the plan. Fields will compete, regardless.
Albert Breer @AlbertBreer
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was upfront with Justin Fields—instructed him that Russell Wilson is the starter, and Fields will work from there. Fields has instructed individuals he is excited for the brand new starting.<br><br>Tomlin’s connections at Ohio State run deep, so that did not damage.
In the event that they do, Wilson nearly assuredly will not be again until he is keen to take backup quarterback cash. The “plan” to signal Wilson to an extended deal after the 2024 season possible can be discarded in such a state of affairs.
In different phrases, Wilson is actually taking part in the upcoming marketing campaign on a “prove-it” deal it doesn’t matter what reporting could emerge from the crew or his agent. If the Steelers did not have any reservations about what he could supply at this level in his profession, they’d have already signed him to a multiyear deal.
As an alternative, the crew now has the prospect to see who emerges from a quarterback battle between Wilson and Fields. The previous, a longtime veteran who’s a one-time champion and nine-time Professional Bowler, has earned the correct to enter coaching camp because the starter.
However the Steelers would in all probability find it irresistible if the 25-year-old Fields seized the beginning gig over the summer season and performed properly this season. That might probably deal with the quarterback place for the following decade.
Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report
Omar Khan has at all times favored Justin Fields. Conversations between he and the <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bears?src=hash&ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfw”>#Bears</a> have been happening for a while now, with one league supply describing the <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Steelers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfw”>#Steelers</a>’ perception that they now have “two starters” in the identical QB room, with Fields and Russell Wilson.<br><br>A contemporary begin… <a href=”https://t.co/qlqTtLigCL”>https://t.co/qlqTtLigCL</a>
Hitching their wagon to the 35-year-old Wilson—who was not excellent in Denver the previous two seasons, throwing for six,594 yards, 42 touchdowns and 19 interceptions whereas taking a whopping 100 sacks and finishing 63.3 % of his passes in 30 video games—is a short-term stopgap at finest.
The cash owed to him by the Broncos allowed Wilson to discover a scenario that suited him with out worrying concerning the cash, a minimum of in 2024. But when he is not good this season, the Steelers aren’t going to commit a number of seasons to him. He has loads to show, all whereas Fields lurks within the background.