The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t made it official and won’t until the end of next week, but all signs are pointing to Russell Wilson being the team’s starting quarterback in Week 1. Wilson was the presumed starter as far back as March when Mike Tomlin said he was in “pole position” for the job ahead of Justin Fields. While Chris Hoke believes that Wilson will get the job, he thinks that Fields has shown enough too in another sense.
“I think Justin Fields has done as heck of a job in the preseason. I think he’s shown that he could be a starting quarterback here,” Hoke said on the KDKA Nightly Sports Call following Pittsburgh’s preseason finale against the Detroit Lions.