With Russell Wilson returning as a full participant in practice this week, saying he is ready to go, the pressure is ramping up on Justin Fields to defend his starting job. There is a decent chance that Wilson is active on game day, which means Fields could be a bad play or two, or another slow first half away from getting pulled in favor of Wilson.
Not everybody is thinking that way. Some don’t think Fields’ job should be at risk at all. Former league MVP Cam Newton can be counted firmly among that group.
“Honestly, use Russell Wilson as trade value,” Newton said during his debut on ESPN’s First Take.