Ever since Mike Tomlin gave Russell Wilson “pole position” in the quarterback competition with Justin Fields, things have been trending pretty strongly toward Wilson being the starter. There have even been reports that the majority of the QB1 snaps at offseason training activities over the last few weeks gone to Wilson. It remains pretty likely that he will be the starter for Week 1 and beyond, but NFL insider Jason La Canfora isn’t totally convinced.
“I think Justin Fields is gonna show, and maybe show pretty quickly, that there’s just a level of more dynamic high notes that he can hit with that offense, and the dual threat, I just think is gonna carry the day, especially the way they built the thing up on defense,” La Canfora said on his In The Huddle podcast.