Russell Wilson’s first outing with the Pittsburgh Steelers wasn’t what anybody wanted it to be. He didn’t look terrible or turn the ball over, but the offense still looked stagnant. The starting offense couldn’t move the ball, let alone score. That wasn’t all Wilson’s fault though. Arthur Smith said that the team didn’t totally open the playbook for Wilson due to the injury he suffered in training camp, but Mike Tomlin seems to believe the scheme should be more open this week.
“Based on what I’ve seen out here this week, I don’t think there are gonna be any restrictions schematically,” Tomlin said Thursday during a press conference via the team’s YouTube page,
The key word there is schematically.