The Pittsburgh Steelers’ first preseason game was a massive opportunity for QB Justin Fields to cement his status as a contender in the quarterback competition with Russell Wilson. Fields had worked with the first-team offense for nearly all of the first 10 practices before Wilson started ramping up his participation. He was up and down at times throughout the practices, but really started to turn some heads over the last week or so.
Mike Tomlin set the stage by saying it “very much is a competition” during his Wednesday press conference. He also described how preseason games are weighted more than practice because they are closer to the real thing.