As a fan, it is easy to get carried away assuming that players and coaches have zero lives outside of football. In some cases, that isn’t far from the truth. Russell Wilson and Arthur Smith seem to be obsessed with making the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense as good as it can be, and that work is paying off.
“Arthur Smith says he puts in long hours with Russell Wilson on Friday nights going through the game plan,” ESPN’s Brooke Pryor wrote on X during Smith’s weekly press conference. “He said his wife FaceTimes him sometimes making sure [Wilson’s] not out somewhere on the South Side, and he’ll turn the camera and show her that Russ is with him.