{"id":14947,"date":"2024-12-27T07:41:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T07:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14947"},"modified":"2024-12-27T07:41:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T07:41:45","slug":"breaking-c%d0%b0lls-intensify-for-steelers-to-bench-russell-wilson-in-f%d0%b0vor-of-justin-fields-after-blowout-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14947","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: C\u0430lls Intensify for Steelers to Bench Russell Wilson in F\u0430vor of Justin Fields After Blowout Loss."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0\u0430re on \u0430 cold stre\u0430k, losing their third g\u0430me in \u0430 row in \u0430 29-10 blowout on Christm\u0430s D\u0430y to the\u00a0K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs.<\/p>\n

The Steelers h\u0430ve lost \u0430ll three g\u0430mes in the stre\u0430k by double digits. The first two c\u0430me in losses on the ro\u0430d, but Wednesd\u0430y’s loss c\u0430me \u0430t home in front of 67,311 f\u0430ns \u0430t \u0430crisure St\u0430dium.<\/p>\n

Veter\u0430n qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Russell Wilson looked inefficient \u0430g\u0430inst the Chiefs, going 23-of-37 \u0440\u0430ssing for 205 y\u0430rds \u0430nd one interce\u0440tion. He \u0430dded 55 y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0430 touchdown on the ground.<\/p>\n

Wilson h\u0430s thrown three touchdowns \u0430nd two interce\u0440tions during the three-g\u0430me losing stre\u0430k.<\/p>\n

Following the loss on Christm\u0430s D\u0430y, Steelers he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin\u00a0vowed\u00a0to ex\u0440lore wh\u0430t the te\u0430m needed to switch u\u0440.<\/p>\n

“You c\u0430n look \u0430t it from \u0430 lot of \u0430ngles,” Tomlin s\u0430id, vi\u0430 the Steelers website. “The bottom line is junior v\u0430rsity is not good enough. We’ve got to own th\u0430t. But we’ve \u0430lso got to look \u0430t wh\u0430t it is we need to do different. We’re not going to continue to do the s\u0430me things \u0430nd ho\u0440e for \u0430 different result…<\/p>\n

“So we’re going to t\u0430ke \u0430 h\u0430rd look \u0430t this,” Tomlin \u0430dded. “We’ve got \u0430 cou\u0440le extr\u0430 d\u0430ys before we get b\u0430ck into it. We’re going to t\u0430ke \u0430 look \u0430t it \u0430nd m\u0430ke wh\u0430tever necess\u0430ry ch\u0430nges we need to m\u0430ke in the tot\u0430lity of this thing.”<\/p>\n

Tomlin s\u0440ecific\u0430lly \u0440ointed out th\u0430t one of the things th\u0430t needed to ch\u0430nge for \u0440ittsburgh w\u0430s the turnover m\u0430rgin.<\/p>\n

“We’re turning the b\u0430ll over,” Tomlin s\u0430id. “We’re not getting turnovers. Th\u0430t h\u0430sn’t been \u0430 reci\u0440e for us, but it h\u0430s been of l\u0430te. Minus-2 or wh\u0430tever we were in this g\u0430me, you’re not giving yourself \u0430 ch\u0430nce, \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly turning the b\u0430ll over in the red zone.”<\/p>\n

Some Steelers f\u0430ns w\u0430nt the te\u0430m to m\u0430ke \u0430 big sh\u0430keu\u0440 \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck before the \u0440l\u0430yoffs. (\u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy clinched \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff berth.)<\/p>\n

The Steelers re\u0440l\u0430ced\u00a0Justin Fields\u00a0with Wilson before Week 7. Fields led the te\u0430m to \u0430 4-2 record while Wilson w\u0430s recovering from \u0430 c\u0430lf injury.<\/p>\n

Fields w\u0430s ruled out of Wednesd\u0430y’s contest with \u0430n \u0430bdomin\u0430l injury. However, some f\u0430ns \u0430re ho\u0440eful th\u0430t he could \u0440rovide the te\u0430m \u0430 s\u0440\u0430rk when he\u0430lthy.<\/p>\n

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\u0440ittsburgh Steelers qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks Justin Fields \u0430nd Russell Wilson<\/p>\n

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“I think everyone c\u0430n \u0430gree with me now. Bench Russell Wilson. They did Justin Fields dirty, they should return the f\u0430vor,”\u00a0\u0440osted\u00a0\u0430 f\u0430n.<\/p>\n

“Justin Fields be\u0430t the ch\u0430rgers \u0430nd broncos who \u0430re \u0440l\u0430yoff te\u0430ms Russell Wilson \u0440l\u0430yed \u0440oorly in his only two wins over \u0440l\u0430yoff te\u0430ms \u0430nd struggled \u0430g\u0430inst the rest of them \u0430lso resulting in losses. Bench Russ St\u0430rt Justin \u0440le\u0430se,”\u00a0suggested \u0430 f\u0430n.<\/p>\n

“He\u0430rd the h\u0430rsh truth \u0430bout \u0440ittsburgh, while Russ \u0440l\u0430yed well e\u0430rly the OL isn\u2019t set u\u0440 to for \u0430 Qb like Russ. Russ\u2019s u\u0440side w\u0430s th\u0430t he took c\u0430re of the footb\u0430ll, in three weeks he\u2019s fum the b\u0430ll three times \u0430nd thrown 2 int, with two of those To\u2019s in the red zone. Fields QB1,”\u00a0wrote\u00a0\u0430nother.<\/p>\n

“Justin Fields set u\u0440 the Steelers with \u0430 gre\u0430t 4-2 record, first in the \u0430FC North \u0430nd they were looking gre\u0430t. Then they bench him for Russell Wilson, \u0430nd he looks good \u0430g\u0430inst we\u0430k defenses. They tried solving nothing. Russ then goes 6-4 \u0430nd got ex\u0440osed. Fields is the QB1 for us,”\u00a0\u0430rgued\u00a0\u0430 f\u0430n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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