The Pittsburgh Steelers exited one quarterback controversy on Friday afternoon when they traded away Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles, and they entered what will probably be framed as another with the trade for Justin Fields to a room that already has Russell Wilson. Only, it seems to be pretty clear up front that it is not a controversy at all.
According to Ian Rapoport on X, Steelers’ head coach Mike Tomlin reached out to Russell Wilson while the trade was going down to let him know, and assure him he would remain the starter.