How long a leash would Justin Fields have as starter if Russell Wilson returns as the backup?
Russell Wilson is clearly trending toward dressing on Sunday, but Justin Fields has remained with the Steelers’ starters. In other words, we can reasonably assume the Steelers will start Fields and dress Wilson as his backup. With Wilson only taking second-team reps, that still gives Mike Tomlin his cushion not to declare Fields the official starter.
But for the first five weeks of the season, Russell Wilson only dressed as the emergency quarterback. That meant that he couldn’t even play unless two other quarterbacks went down with injuries and couldn’t return.