It says a lot about a person the way they handle difficult situations. For Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields, the way he handled an expected move back to the understudy role in the Steel City Thursday during his media session was rather telling.
In a good way.
Fields stood there and accepted responsibility for the fact that he hasn’t played well enough to hold onto the starting job, should that be the decision that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin makes in Week 7 on Sunday Night Football against the New York Jets.
That message that Fields put out there and the way he held himself accountable to the media was praised quite a bit by former NFL players.