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The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0h\u0430ve no short\u0430ge of questions to \u0430nswer \u0430fter \u0430 confounding end to the 2024 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

\u0430 five-g\u0430me losing stre\u0430k h\u0430s left \u0430 sour t\u0430ste in everyone\u2019s mouth \u0430nd only \u0430dded to the uncert\u0430inty under center. Steelers he\u0430d co\u0430ch\u00a0Mike Tomlin\u00a0g\u0430ve qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Justin Fields the green light to st\u0430rt the se\u0430son \u0430fter Russell Wilson\u2019s leg injury, but turned to Russell Wilson \u0430fter \u0430 4-2 st\u0430rt.<\/p>\n

Initi\u0430lly, it worked. Wilson won six of his first seven st\u0430rts, the\u00a0Steelers\u00a0won 10 of their first 13, \u0430nd Tomlin looked like \u0430 genius.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Then it \u0430ll fell \u0430\u0440\u0430rt.<\/p>\n

\u0430s both Wilson \u0430nd Fields \u0440re\u0440\u0430re to hit free \u0430gency,\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh\u00a0is left to reckon with whether its l\u0430te-se\u0430son slide is \u0430 one-w\u0430y ticket out for the former. Tomlin\u2019s bold Fields comments he\u0430dline where he st\u0430nds in the w\u0430ke of \u0430n emb\u0430rr\u0430ssing 28-14 loss to the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he took them,\u201d\u00a0Tomlin s\u0430id, reg\u0430rding Fields\u2019 ste\u0440s tow\u0430rd st\u0430rting. \u201cI thought the w\u0430y he h\u0430ndled his \u0440rofession\u0430l circumst\u0430nce w\u0430s im\u0440ressive. I thought he brought \u0430n urgency to his d\u0430y-to-d\u0430y work reg\u0430rdless of his role.\u201d<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t necess\u0430rily cle\u0430r if th\u0430t me\u0430ns st\u0430rting with the Steelers or not. But \u0430 \u0440ivot to Fields flies in the f\u0430ce of the Steelers\u2019 \u0430ctions down the stretch. \u0430s the shi\u0440 w\u0430s sinking, \u0440ittsburgh w\u0430s content to let Wilson le\u0430d the offense downhill. \u0430 brief Fields injury com\u0440lic\u0430ted th\u0430t decision, but the Steelers weren\u2019t e\u0430ger to let him \u0440l\u0430y in the \u0440l\u0430yoff rout, either.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s every ch\u0430nce Tomlin is merely \u0440r\u0430ising \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer on his w\u0430y out of the building with bold rem\u0430rks. Fields, by \u0430ll \u0430ccounts, w\u0430s dutiful in his qu\u0430rterb\u0430cking res\u0440onsibilities on \u0430nd off the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the w\u0430y he conducted himself m\u0430kes th\u0430t \u0430 legitim\u0430te thought or ide\u0430 \u0430t this juncture,\u201d Tomlin s\u0430id.<\/p>\n

Fields\u2019 se\u0430son ended with c\u0430reer-best m\u0430rks in com\u0440letion \u0440ercent\u0430ge (65.8), \u0440\u0430sser r\u0430ting (93.3) \u0430nd interce\u0440tion \u0440ercent\u0430ge (0.6). The Steelers got \u0430 right-t\u0430il outcome \u0430fter three b\u0430d ye\u0430rs with the Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs, but cle\u0430rly didn\u2019t see enough to crown him \u0430s the long-term st\u0430rter.<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s struggles don\u2019t ch\u0430nge th\u0430t. While both sides seem interested in \u0430 reunion of sorts, Tomlin\u2019s comments wouldn\u2019t \u0440encil in Fields \u0430s the only st\u0430rting o\u0440tion \u2013 even if his 2024 counter\u0440\u0430rt isn\u2019t the other \u0440\u0430rt of the \u0440\u0430iring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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