Russell Wilson announced his own impending signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers late one night after a long visit at the team facility. According to Brooke Pryor of ESPN, during that meeting, he never asked for assurances that he would start. And according to Pryor, the Steelers also didn’t offer him any such things at the time. She quoted a source close to those conversations who said that Wilson isn’t afraid of competition.
Of course, at the time that he signed, the Steelers expected Kenny Pickett to be the other quarterback. Pryor adds that they never told Pickett Wilson was going to be the starting quarterback ahead of him.