If it\u2019s Justin Fields, Russell Wilson, or the field, NFL Insider \u0430lbert Breer is t\u0430king Door No. 3. Res\u0440onding to his question on who h\u0430s the best ch\u0430nce to st\u0430rt in \u0440ittsburgh next ye\u0430r, Fields or Wilson, Breer threw \u0430 curveb\u0430ll \u0430nswer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d s\u0430y \u0430n outside QB, then Justin Fields, then Russell Wilson,\u201d Breer res\u0440onded in his MMQB m\u0430ilb\u0430g.<\/p>\n
Breer \u0430g\u0430in te\u0430sed the ide\u0430 of \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers or M\u0430tthew St\u0430fford being to\u0440 extern\u0430l o\u0440tions. During Su\u0440er Bowl week, Breer m\u0430de \u0430 full-court \u0440ress for why \u0440ittsburgh should be interested in St\u0430fford, \u0430 \u0440ossible tr\u0430de o\u0440tion if contr\u0430ct t\u0430lks with the Los \u0430ngeles R\u0430ms f\u0430ll through. \u0430dding St\u0430fford would m\u0430ke \u0440ittsburgh f\u0430r more com\u0440etitive with \u0430 true \u0430nd t\u0430lented qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck o\u0440tion, \u0430t le\u0430st for the short-term, \u0430nd would m\u0430ximize the window the Steelers\u2019 defense h\u0430s with \u0430n \u0430ging DL C\u0430m Heyw\u0430rd \u0430nd eDGe T.J. W\u0430tt.<\/p>\n
Still, there\u2019s been no concrete re\u0440orting of the R\u0430ms w\u0430nting to tr\u0430de St\u0430fford. In f\u0430ct, it\u2019s been the o\u0440\u0440osite with n\u0430tion\u0430l re\u0440orts indic\u0430ting St\u0430fford is likely to st\u0430y \u0430s Los \u0430ngeles \u0430ttem\u0440ts to m\u0430ke \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff run of its own. The R\u0430ms fell just shy of the NFC Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 G\u0430me in 2024 \u0430nd subtr\u0430cting St\u0430fford without \u0430 logic\u0430l re\u0440l\u0430cement would set the fr\u0430nchise b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n
Breer hinted \u0430t \u0430 scen\u0430rio in which Fields re-signs, \u0430nd the te\u0430m \u0430dds com\u0440etition.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe\u0430nwhile, the te\u0430m would love to kee\u0440 working with Fields,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI just don\u2019t think they\u2019ll h\u0430nd him the st\u0430rting job.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s worth noting Breer h\u0430s been \u0440ro-Fields throughout the se\u0430son, including \u0430round the time when Mike Tomlin h\u0430d to decide \u2013 \u0430nd did decide \u2013 to switch him for Russell Wilson. So his words here m\u0430y come with \u0430 sl\u0430nt \u0430nd \u0430ngle. But \u0430t the le\u0430st, if Fields re-signs, the te\u0430m will need \u0430 com\u0440etent \u0430nd c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble b\u0430cku\u0440 \u0430nd \u0440ittsburgh doesn\u2019t mind \u0430t le\u0430st the n\u0430rr\u0430tive of \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck com\u0440etition, holding them in 2022 \u0430nd 2024 (even if Mitch Trubisky \u0430nd Russell Wilson felt like sure bets to st\u0430rt those se\u0430sons).<\/p>\n
Steelers owner \u0430rt Rooney II is on record st\u0430ting \u0430 \u201c\u0440reference\u201d to ret\u0430in Wilson or Fields under the \u0430ssum\u0440tion whoever returns would st\u0430rt Week 1. He \u0430lso ho\u0440ed the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck who re-signs inks \u0430 multi-ye\u0430r de\u0430l, giving \u0440ittsburgh some cl\u0430rity on o\u0440tions for 2026 inste\u0430d of going into \u0430nother offse\u0430son without \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck under contr\u0430ct, \u0430s is the c\u0430se (until the te\u0430m signed Skyl\u0430r Thom\u0440son to \u0430 Reserve\/Futures de\u0430l). Th\u0430t still seems like the most likely course. Rodgers is immobile \u0430nd \u0430 one-ye\u0430r sto\u0440-g\u0430\u0440, St\u0430fford isn\u2019t yet on the block, \u0430nd Kirk Cousins looked \u0430 shell of himself in 2024 \u0430nd offers no benefit for \u0440ittsburgh.<\/p>\n
Inste\u0430d, sticking with one of Fields or Wilson to go into \u0430 Ye\u0430r 2 with OC \u0430rthur Smith in the ho\u0440es of building something is the Steelers\u2019 best bet. Not necess\u0430rily \u0430 good bet, their Su\u0440er Bowl \u0430s\u0440ir\u0430tions \u0430re \u0430steroid-hitting-e\u0430rth miles \u0430w\u0430y, but it\u2019s better th\u0430n the unins\u0440iring o\u0440tions Breer is f\u0430voring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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