Russell Wilson is playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their final exhibition game because, well, it’s quite necessary at this point.
“We’re playing,” Wilson told reporters. “Yeah, we’re all playing.”
I’d add an addendum to that statement: Wilson is playing for his starting job. Both for the first week of the regular season and likely every week after that.
This is where the Steelers are in a starting quarterback decision that has stretched on far longer than the franchise initially intended when training camp started in July. In some ways, it’s the predictable quandary that we all expected between Wilson and Justin Fields.