The Pittsburgh Steelers’ final preseason game seemed to confirm that Russell Wilson will begin this season as the team’s starter. It remains to be seen if he’ll be able to hold on to that job. Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III believes that the Steelers made the right call at quarterback, assuming they start Wilson over Justin Fields.
“If you start Justin Fields first, and he goes out and plays bad for five games, his career is over as a starter,” Wilson said Monday while appearing on The Rich Eisen Show. “I think Mike Tomlin understood this.