Though Russell Wilson is far from his prime and signed to a minimum-level deal, a byproduct of offset language in his Denver Broncos contract, he didn’t sign this early in the offseason to hold a clipboard. Pittsburgh will call Wilson versus Kenny Pickett a true competition but to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who broke the news about Wilson’s impending signing (it’ll become official Wednesday), Wilson came to Pittsburgh to start.
Speaking from his bed on the phone with Scott Van Pelt’s on a late-night edition of SportsCenter, Schefter reacted to the news.
“Pittsburgh made it clear that it was bringing in competition for Kenny Pickett.