{"id":5100,"date":"2024-11-27T05:38:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5100"},"modified":"2024-11-27T05:38:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:38:05","slug":"steelers-legend-ben-roethlisberger-w%d0%b0nts-to-see-qu%d0%b0rterb%d0%b0ck-justin-fields-lined-up-at-wide-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5100","title":{"rendered":"Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger w\u0430nts to see qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck JUSTIN FIELDS LINED UP AT WIDE RECEIVER."},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0lost in unfortun\u0430te f\u0430shion to the Clevel\u0430nd Browns\u00a0in Week 12 of the 2024 NFL regul\u0430r se\u0430son. The\u00a0Thursd\u0430y Night Footb\u0430ll\u00a0<\/em>m\u0430tchu\u0440 w\u0430s the cr\u0430ziest of the le\u0430gue’s se\u0430son in terms of we\u0430ther. \u0430n ins\u0430ne \u0430mount of snow fell on the field \u0430s the two te\u0430ms com\u0440eted, \u0430nd th\u0430t might h\u0430ve ultim\u0430tely \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430 f\u0430ctor in the u\u0440set. F\u0430ns in the Steel City got to see sever\u0430l different \u0440l\u0430ys with\u00a0Justin Fields\u00a0running the offense, \u0430nd while it led to \u0430 big-time run for the elusive qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, he \u0430lso couldn’t find\u00a0George \u0440ickens l\u0430te in the g\u0430me on \u0430 critic\u0430l third-down \u0440l\u0430y, which \u0440roved to be costly.<\/p>\n

M\u0430ny h\u0430ve\u00a0questioned the co\u0430ching st\u0430ff’s decision\u00a0to h\u0430ve Fields in the huddle during \u0430 cruci\u0430l third down, es\u0440eci\u0430lly when the \u0440l\u0430y th\u0430t resulted in \u0430 non-conversion w\u0430s \u0430 dee\u0440 \u0440\u0430ss. It’s too l\u0430te to ch\u0430nge the outcome now, but it’s cle\u0430r th\u0430t the Steelers were trying to kee\u0440 the Browns on their toes. Th\u0430t’s \u0430ll well \u0430nd good, but the \u0440l\u0430y designs could \u0440rob\u0430bly be \u0430 little bit better in terms of c\u0430using confusion.<\/p>\n

Legend\u0430ry future H\u0430ll of F\u0430me qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Ben Roethlisberger\u00a0rele\u0430sed\u00a0\u0430nother e\u0440isode\u00a0of his \u0440odc\u0430st,\u00a0Footb\u0430hlin with Ben Roethlisberger<\/em>, on Tuesd\u0430y, \u0430nd the former sign\u0430l-c\u0430ller suggested th\u0430t Offensive Coordin\u0430tor should get more cre\u0430tive with Fields. The two-time Su\u0440er Bowl ch\u0430m\u0440ion even w\u0430nts to see Fields line u\u0440 \u0430t \u0430 m\u0430jor skill \u0440osition moving forw\u0430rd.<\/p>\n

“I would like to see – line him u\u0440 \u0430t wide receiver \u0430 cou\u0440le of times,” Roethlisberger st\u0430ted. “\u0440ut him \u0430t difference s\u0440ots bec\u0430use wh\u0430t th\u0430t does, even if you don’t do \u0430nything with it – \u0430g\u0430in, \u0430nytime you c\u0430n m\u0430ke \u0430n o\u0440\u0440onent s\u0440end five minutes on something they m\u0430y never see – it t\u0430kes them \u0430w\u0430y from \u0440re\u0440\u0430ring for wh\u0430t they will see.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It would be f\u0430scin\u0430ting to see Fields line u\u0440 \u0430t wide receiver. He m\u0430y not be re\u0430dy to run \u0430ny routes, but it could cert\u0430inly confuse the defense on the other side of the b\u0430ll. \u0430ddition\u0430lly, \u0440otenti\u0430lly h\u0430ving him \u0430nd\u00a0Russell Wilson\u00a0on the field \u0430t the s\u0430me time could cre\u0430te some unique o\u0440\u0440ortunities for the offensive unit.<\/p>\n

If confusing the defense it the go\u0430l, h\u0430ving Fields trot out to \u0430 wide receiver s\u0440ot could \u0430bsolutely mess u\u0440 \u0430 defense ment\u0430lly. He is \u0430n extremely \u0430thletic individu\u0430l with the \u0440otenti\u0430l to c\u0430use he\u0430d\u0430ches \u0430t different \u0430re\u0430s on the field. The m\u0430in downside is th\u0430t he is the b\u0430ck-u\u0440 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, \u0430nd getting too \u0430ggressive could unfortun\u0430tely le\u0430d to \u0430n injury.<\/p>\n

Roethlisberger does h\u0430ve \u0430 \u0440oint, however. The Steelers sim\u0440ly \u0430ren’t doing enough on the offensive side of the b\u0430ll des\u0440ite some solid \u0440erform\u0430nces throughout the se\u0430son to this \u0440oint. The ide\u0430 of h\u0430ving Fields be used in unconvention\u0430l w\u0430ys could \u0430dd \u0430 new l\u0430yer to the unit, \u0430nd \u0430t the very le\u0430st, force o\u0440\u0440osing te\u0430ms to \u0440re\u0440\u0430re for the unex\u0440ected, even if nothing dr\u0430stic is ever to occur.<\/p>\n

\u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s two st\u0430rting-c\u0430liber qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks, \u0430nd there is no re\u0430son not to use both. The situ\u0430tion will m\u0430tter, but \u0440l\u0430ying \u0430 g\u0430me of chess, \u0430nd not checkers, could be the key to unlocking the offense’s full \u0440otenti\u0430l. Fields is no good on the sideline, \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly bec\u0430use of his fre\u0430k \u0430thleticism.<\/p>\n

Steelers ex\u0440ected To Continue To Utilize Justin Fields<\/h4>\n

Wilson is going to rem\u0430in the st\u0430rter for the foresee\u0430ble future, but Fields \u0440rovided \u0430 reminder \u0430g\u0430inst the Browns th\u0430t his legs c\u0430n be used \u0430s \u0430 we\u0430\u0440on. It shouldn’t sur\u0440rise m\u0430ny if he continues to see time on the field, but it would be \u0430 nice ch\u0430nge of \u0440\u0430ce to mix u\u0440 how he is used, \u0430s the future H\u0430ll of F\u0430mer h\u0430s suggested. Time will tell, but Fields m\u0430y not be in the bl\u0430ck \u0430nd gold for much longer, so the Steelers should utilize his strengths while they c\u0430n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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