Steelers' QB Battle: Wilson vs. Fields for Starting Job

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00:00Talked about New England, now it's Pittsburgh.

00:05The Steelers have Russell Wilson and Justin Fields.

00:10The oddsmakers expect that Russ will be the week one starter for the Steelers.

00:15A minus 5.20 price, plus 3.50 the number on Fields.

00:19You said, Donny, you are trusting Mike Tomlin's word.

00:22I would have to agree.

00:24He has been adamant that Russell Wilson is the starter and there's very little, even

00:28based on performance, that Justin Fields can do at the jump.

00:32I agree with the oddsmakers.

00:34I think it's Russ.

00:36Minus 5.20 is a price point.

00:39Let's just understand how the NFL works here.

00:41Typically, if you're going to get a Hall of Fame caliber quarterback, what are you paying

00:45for him, Ben?

00:46A lot in compensation for the draft picks and even more in compensation on the football

00:50field.

00:51You are basically getting Russell Wilson, a Hall of Fame caliber quarterback, I'm not

00:54saying he's that right now, but in his career trajectory at roughly a veteran minimum salary.

01:01You as an organization shouldn't have the obligation to say, hey, look, as a GM, typically,

01:06I spent a lot for this quarterback, Mr. Head Coach.

01:09You better put him out there or we're going to have issues between me and you.

01:12When you get him at, I don't know, a million dollars a year, maybe you could say, you know

01:16what, let's see what he has.

01:17If he doesn't, it's no big deal.

01:18We can toss him to the side.

01:19I just get back to Russell Wilson and Fields on the same roster.

01:23When I heard Fields was coming over, I said, you know what, this makes too much sense

01:27for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

01:28They're going to bring in two capable quarterbacks and let them do battle over the next four

01:32to five months to determine who the starting quarterback is going to be and just may the

01:36best man win the job and the guy who loses out, hopefully push that starting quarterback

01:41to make sure he was better.

01:42But that's not what we got out of the Pittsburgh Steelers all the way through the offseason, Ben.

01:45We got, why are you asking me a question?

01:48Yeah, we just brought Justin Fields here, talking as if I'm Mike Tomlin.

01:51Why would you even ask me that?

01:52You know Fields has no chance to win, but why did you make the move?

01:56And he's on his final year, so you don't want him to compete for the job.

02:00You don't want him on the football field.

02:01So at the end of the season, you hope he just leaves.

02:04Why did you actually acquire the guy in the first place?

02:06Because I think everybody alike, Ben, saw that move and go, wow, you know what?

02:10Pittsburgh's like, you know what, let's find out our quarterback here.

02:13Let's go this route and see who's going to win this.

02:15And Mike Tomlin, every step of the way, and also Ben, would be much different.

02:18If you were getting the reports that Russell Wilson has been nothing short of lights out

02:23from March all the way through to August 22nd, nobody would have an issue with this.

02:28But Russ came out in that preseason game and looked horrendous.

02:31Like he lost a step.

02:32Like he couldn't read the defense at that point.

02:34Now we're having issues, and Tomlin's like, why do you guys care about this so much for?

02:38I'm not answering your questions all the way down.

02:40It's Russell Wilson at this point.

02:41It's crazy.

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