Questioning Tomlin’s Decision to Start Russell Wilson

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00:00You know, all I keep hearing is you can't question Mike Tomlin and because of all of

00:08his success, I'm going to question Mike Tomlin here.

00:12I don't know what the hell they're doing and going to Russell Wilson.

00:15I understand it's a good problem to have if you're winning football games and you have

00:19two quarterbacks.

00:21I get it in the sense that they paid Russell Wilson a ton of money.

00:25Tomlin was the one that wanted him in the first place.

00:28He was the one, it wasn't the owners that went to him or the GM, like Tomlin was the

00:32one that said, let's, let's bring Russell Wilson in and he was injured.

00:36So he never got his shot.

00:37I get it.

00:39But you know, you're four and two, you're winning games.

00:42The Jets defense is very good.

00:44Wilson hasn't played a football game in about a year right now and you're dropping them

00:48on the football field against a lethal defense against a desperate football team.

00:54I don't, I don't like the move, Scott.

00:55I thought Fields was doing enough.

00:57I knew that Fields wasn't perfectly, you're the Steeler fan.

00:59I don't know how you feel about it, but I get it from the business perspective and we

01:05got to understand, man, the NFL is a business and they paid them and they picked up Fields

01:11off the scrap heap.

01:12And I love how Fields has handled it and what you said, well, if I play better, this wouldn't

01:16be happening.

01:17I'm not so sure, kid.

01:19Maybe if you were six and oh, you know, they wouldn't have done this, but he were five

01:23and one.

01:24They had their mind made up because of all the money that they paid Russell Wilson.

01:29And they're just not, you know what I mean?

01:30They're not going to let him stay on the bench.

01:33And if you're Fields, you did have a nice little audition here, right?

01:37Tomlin gave you a shot.

01:38Nobody, nobody wanted Fields.

01:39Like he was on the market forever.

01:42I don't know why personally, what people have against this kid.

01:45I think he's pretty good, Scott.

01:46I think he just needs reps.

01:47You get him out there with a good football team.

01:49He was winning games.

01:50He was doing enough.

01:51He wasn't costing the Steelers games.

01:53You can put it that way.

01:54I think at this stage, I don't have a lot of confidence in Russell Wilson, to be honest.

02:00So they're going to have no breakaway from the pocket at all when he's in trouble.

02:04He's getting sacked.

02:05He's going to blow up.

02:06Blow up.

02:07Yep.

02:08Exactly.

02:09And Fields has it.

02:10He breaks out and runs for 12 yards and swings it to Pickens.

02:13And let me say this to you, Scott, and you'll agree with this, I'm sure, too.

02:17So and you know this.

02:18Fields, his one problem is he doesn't read the defense fast enough on the first read.

02:23So he snaps the ball, boom.

02:26You know, the windows are small and tight in the NFL.

02:28How long the guy's going to be open for?

02:30He was open by the time Fields sees it.

02:32He isn't.

02:33So Fields sort of prolongs plays a little bit, but he can with his, because of his athleticism.

02:39Scott, Russell Wilson does the same damn thing.

02:42Russell Wilson doesn't get rid of the ball quickly.

02:45Like that's why Seattle got better when Gino took over again after because Gino just gets

02:49rid of the ball quickly.

02:50Russell like runs around, rolls out, but he's not fast and he still thinks he can heave

02:56it down the field.

02:57Like he hasn't adapted his game.

03:00Justin Fields is much more suited for today's NFL.

03:03I guarantee you, I guarantee you guys, the New York Jets are happy that they're starting

03:08Russell Wilson instead of Justin Fields on Sunday.

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