Justin Fields Starts against LV as They Struggle with Injuries

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00:00They lose last week to Dallas at last closing seconds.

00:07They go on the road today, they're facing the Las Vegas Raiders.

00:10We've heard that Justin Fields will start, but Russell Wilson is healthy, probably the

00:15healthiest he's been throughout the regular season now.

00:18Any shot from an in-game perspective, or if Pittsburgh does in fact drop this game on

00:24the road, that Tomlin will turn to Russell Wilson the rest of the way.

00:29Joe, what I'm told with last week with Justin Fields, I know people are not happy with Fields,

00:35but it's kind of unfounded.

00:36He played just okay, not badly though.

00:38A lot of people thought he played badly, a lot of fans did, it's not true.

00:41They were like, they knew he could play better, it was not a bad game by any standard.

00:45But look, they have a winning record, they are 3-2, yes, slipping away a little bit,

00:50but they've got some defensive injuries, which are kind of concerning.

00:53But they're going to face a team in the Raiders today, folks.

00:55They're down to two starting receivers.

00:57They've got four undrafted free agents as receivers that are going to be up today.

01:00With Trey Tucker, who was a third-rounder last year out of New Mercy, Cincinnati, who

01:04could run a little bit of a raw player, needs a lot of development, so they clearly should

01:07win this game.

01:08Now, Joe, you're talking about Russell Wilson.

01:10If the game's a blowout in their favor, you can always take Fields out and get Wilson

01:15some playing time.

01:16But yeah, they're not itching, as I understand it, to get Wilson in there.

01:20They just want his calf to be right, and they'll see how they play from week to week.

01:24But no, I don't get the feeling they're ready to replace him.

01:26But look, now, I say that if it's a terrible game today, that really changes everything.

01:32Because let's face it, they signed Russell Wilson to be the starter.

01:36He has a calf injury, he couldn't get it quite right, Fields comes in and he steers the ship

01:41and actually plays fairly well.

01:42So it's going to have to take a catastrophe for him to lose the job after one bad game.

01:46Let's stick then inside this same game cap, where Gardner Minshew, who held down this

01:51job, you had told us that despite them having an open competition, it was always going to

01:56be Gardner Minshew, in five weeks, has lost his job to Aiden O'Connell.

02:01What do you make of the quarterback situation in Vegas?

02:03Kevin, good question.

02:04Here's what happened.

02:06His interceptions last week, Gardner Minshew's, were so bad.

02:08One in particular, you can't throw one inside the 10.

02:12And Antonio Pierce is an old school coach, he's a defensive guy, he doesn't want turnovers.

02:16What old school coaches want from the defensive side of the ball is a running game, no turnovers

02:21win with defense.

02:22That's not going to happen when you keep turning it over.

02:25Now, Aiden O'Connell, what's interesting is, the scouting report on him, I'm told, is more

02:29of a gunslinger type, but it's going to be hard today.

02:32Now, Zamir White, he's got a groin injury, he started working Friday, he's got an outside

02:36chance to play, but they can't do anything right, Kevin, on offense.

02:40And by the way, they have at least four defensive starters out.

02:44The Raiders, they're an absolute mess today.

02:47I'd be very surprised if they cover that three.

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