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00:00 And for some teams that means some new faces in critical positions. At the
00:08 quarterback spot in Pittsburgh it's now Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. The new
00:12 QB room for the Steelers on display yesterday on the practice field and
00:17 after practice Justin Fields met with the media to discuss how he's going to
00:22 handle this offseason competing for that starting job.
00:27 I think you know Russ knows that. We're competing against each other every day. Him being out there for me that helps me get better. Us pushing each other. I mean I definitely don't have the mindset of me just sitting all year. I'm coming in every day giving it all I got.
00:43 Pushing him to be his best and he's pushing me to be my best each and every day.
00:48 Did you hear what he said?
00:51 Yeah hold on hold on that that's like a lav mic here at the Sports Grid Network
00:56 right there. Is that how it would sound live over the air at this point? Is that why?
00:59 Somebody put a headset on Justin Fields so we can understand audibly what he's saying.
01:07 Alright anyway as we look.
01:09 Can we come on?
01:11 Alright anyway for the actual conversation of who we believe is going to be the starter in Pittsburgh all indications and reports have stated it's Russell Wilson's job to lose but Justin Fields is there for the future.
01:25 The Steelers did not pick up Justin Fields' fifth year player or team option I should say on his rookie contract.
01:33 So this year is his final year under contract with the Steelers. What that means beyond we shall see.
01:41 Now Russell Wilson had a disastrous two years in Denver but at least from a production standpoint last year was not nearly as bad as 2022.
01:50 In fact the numbers pretty good for Russ over 3,000 passing yards 29 touchdowns to only 8 INTs.
01:56 Justin Fields never truly equating to that promise that he had in Chicago.
02:02 I still believe Justin Fields will be a successful starting quarterback in the National Football League.
02:07 I'm just not so sure DRS it starts in 2024 for the Steelers.
02:12 Who do you think is that week one starter for Pittsburgh as they face the Atlanta Falcons?
02:18 Let's go over what happened in the offseason here for the Pittsburgh Steelers and also more importantly here with you know Justin Fields.
02:24 You take a look at Justin Fields coming over from Chicago.
02:27 Now in the past like week and a half we've have a lot of back talking here on Justin Fields and what he was not in that Chicago room which particularly was coming from the film room.
02:36 Now granted take that with a little bit of a grain of salt we can always agree that Chicago didn't put their best foot forward with Justin Fields getting the weapons out here and having him mature as a good young quarterback.
02:45 We'll see if that changes.
02:46 But here's the issue also we heard Justin Fields talking about you know Pittsburgh was the place I always wanted to be even before they got Russell Wilson and even after the sign Russell Wilson I still wanted to go there.
02:55 I don't know how much I believe that at that point because Russell Wilson is going to be your starter.
02:59 But here's where I actually liked the move in the beginning Ben.
03:02 You knew Russell Wilson was going there.
03:04 Then they get Justin Fields.
03:05 I said you know what they've been having quarterback issues over the past couple years trying to find their guy.
03:09 I love this.
03:10 We know at the top level of his game Russell Wilson is a Hall of Fame quarterback.
03:14 Is he going to get back there?
03:15 I don't know.
03:16 But he wasn't all that bad with the Denver Broncos team that was incredibly injured last year.
03:20 So Russell Wilson going to Pittsburgh made a lot of sense to me.
03:23 Then they get Justin Fields said this is perfect Ben because you got a quarterback that you would still like to light that fire under and Russell Wilson by saying like this isn't just a guaranteed starting job for here.
03:33 We need you to come in and really get back that motivation that made you a great quarterback in the NFL where you started as a rookie in Seattle over a guy that they paid a lot of money.
03:41 I believe it was Matt Flynn back in the day.
03:44 That hunger we need back.
03:45 But then you told Justin Fields like you don't even have a chance to be the starting quarterback.
03:49 Like we're not going to fight this out in training camp at this point.
03:52 And then also you get Justin Fields in.
03:54 He's working out a little bit and we're coming away with yeah, you know what we could probably use him as a kick returner.
03:59 I don't know what is going on inside of Pittsburgh.
04:01 But from a scenario I thought that would be tremendous.
04:04 I just think they're blowing it right now by basically telling Justin Fields you have no chance to be a starter this year.
04:09 Maybe if the guy gets injured in front of you and we'll work in to keep you interested by being a kick returner.
04:14 I don't know what's going on in Pittsburgh, Ben.
04:15 I don't.
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