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Russell Wilson Impressed With Urgency Of First Steelers Practices: ‘Every Rep Feels Like A Playoff Rep’

Pittsburgh Steelers QB Russell Wilson suffers from the audacity—nay, the delusion—of optimism. You will be hard-pressed to find him saying anything negative about virtually anybody, and that’s fine. At the same time, given his positivity filter, one must judiciously evaluate his observations. Even still, he seemed pretty happy about how spring practices went.

“It feels great. Everybody’s so excited”, Wilson told reporters during mandatory minicamp this month. “I think the best part, too, [is] the energy’s so high. The way we work, it’s so competitive. Every rep feels like a playoff rep. Every rep feels like how it should.