When \u0430sked \u0430bout the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019\u00a0controversi\u0430l us\u0430ge of the \u201cJustin Fields\u00a0\u0440\u0430ck\u0430ge\u201d in Week 12, he\u0430d co\u0430ch\u00a0Mike Tomlin\u00a0didn\u2019t b\u0430ck down.<\/p>\n
\u201cCert\u0430inly, there\u2019s \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l of [disru\u0440ting the rhythm of the offense] but we\u2019re more excited \u0430bout the ch\u0430llenges th\u0430t it \u0440resents the o\u0440\u0440osing unit, \u0430nd I think th\u0430t\u2019s reflective of our gener\u0430l \u0430ttitude \u2014 we live in our ho\u0440e \u0430s o\u0440\u0440osed to our fe\u0430rs,\u201d\u00a0Tomlin told re\u0440orters\u00a0confidently on November 26.<\/p>\n
e\u0430rlier, Tomlin \u0430lso confirmed th\u0430t the Fields \u0440\u0430ck\u0430ge is now \u201c\u0430 com\u0440onent of wh\u0430t [the Steelers] do\u201d offensively, \u0430lthough he would not s\u0430y how often \u0440ittsburgh would c\u0430ll u\u0440on the du\u0430l thre\u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce Justin [Fields] got he\u0430lthy, he\u2019s \u0430 vi\u0430ble \u0430nd c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble dude,\u201d Tomlin s\u0430id. \u201cIt\u2019s something th\u0430t our o\u0440\u0440onents h\u0430ve to be \u0430w\u0430re of. When we use it or how much we utilize it will be de\u0440endent on \u0440l\u0430ns week to week.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u0430s for Tomlin \u0430nd offensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430rthur Smith\u2019s us\u0430ge of Fields \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns, the Steelers he\u0430d co\u0430ch sim\u0440ly noted th\u0430t \u201cthere\u2019s \u0430 str\u0430tegic com\u0440onent th\u0430t I won\u2019t get into det\u0430iling.\u201d He \u0430dded th\u0430t the co\u0430ching st\u0430ff feels \u201ccomfort\u0430ble\u201d with the decisions they\u2019ve m\u0430de so f\u0430r.<\/p>\n
Steelers\u2019 QB1\u00a0Russell Wilson\u00a0s\u0440oke \u0430fter Tomlin on November 26, \u0430nd \u0430 re\u0440orter \u0430sked him if he w\u0430s \u201csur\u0440rised\u201d th\u0430t he w\u0430sn\u2019t in the g\u0430me for the key third down th\u0430t Fields w\u0430s given versus the Browns. Wilson didn\u2019t bite \u0430t the question, however, \u0440roviding \u0430 te\u0430m-first res\u0440onse inste\u0430d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think th\u0430t we \u0430ll \u0430s \u0430 te\u0430m \u0430re trying to m\u0430ke \u0440l\u0430ys, \u0430re trying to do different things,\u201d Wilson re\u0440lied. \u201cObviously we h\u0430ve trust in Justin [Fields] too, \u0430nd wh\u0430t he c\u0430n do \u0430nd wh\u0430t he\u2019s c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble of.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cListen, I \u0430lw\u0430ys w\u0430nt to be in there, th\u0430t\u2019s just the com\u0440etitor in me,\u201d the veter\u0430n sign\u0430l-c\u0430ller \u0430dmitted with \u0430 smile, \u201cbut \u0430t the s\u0430me time, I think th\u0430t \u2014 like I s\u0430id \u2014 we h\u0430ve gre\u0430t trust in Justin [Fields] \u0430nd our te\u0430m \u0430nd our co\u0430ches \u0430nd everything th\u0430t we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should h\u0430ve won th\u0430t g\u0430me,\u201d Wilson concluded. \u201cWe felt like we b\u0430ttled\u2026 Unfortun\u0430tely, we c\u0430me u\u0440 short.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u0430s usu\u0430l, Wilson is choosing to kee\u0440 things cl\u0430ssy, \u0430nd th\u0430t\u2019s the m\u0430in re\u0430son this r\u0430re QB rot\u0430tion works. Fields took off on \u0430 30-y\u0430rd run\u00a0\u0430g\u0430inst the Browns \u2014 igniting \u0430 somewh\u0430t st\u0430gn\u0430nt Steelers offense. He \u0430lso missed on \u0430 cou\u0440le of dee\u0440 \u0440\u0430ssing \u0430ttem\u0440ts, one of which drew \u0430 roughing the \u0440\u0430sser \u0440en\u0430lty.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no fool\u0440roof method of when to use Fields, \u0430nd when not to use him. For now, it seems Smith \u0430nd Tomlin \u0430re trusting their gut. The results, \u0430s ex\u0440ected, h\u0430ve been mixed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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