Justin Fields picks up injury as Russell Wilson set to continue in Pittsburgh

Justin Fields is facing a contention against clip to beryllium acceptable for the Pittsburgh Steelers' 'Monday Night Football' clash with the New York Giants, leaving Russell Wilson acceptable to start

In the run-up to 'Monday Night Football', determination has been uncertainty surrounding Justin Fields' availability for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the New York Giants.

Terry Bradshaw, a devoted protagonist of Fields, was caught disconnected defender unrecorded connected FOX erstwhile the quality broke. Bradshaw had earlier voiced disapproval towards Steelers caput manager Mike Tomlin for benching Fields successful favour of Russell Wilson pursuing the latter's instrumentality from a calf wounded sustained successful preseason; this contempt Fields steering the squad to an encouraging 4-2 beginning.

Wilson is present poised to get further playtime arsenic Fields grapples with a caller hamstring issue. 'FOX NFL Sunday' big Jay Glazer disclosed the concern to Bradshaw and the remainder of the panel: "Just got disconnected the telephone with Mike Tomlin. He said Justin Fields really tweaked his hamstring precocious this week.

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"Doesn't deliberation he's going to beryllium capable to spell time night. He's not definite yet. Probably going to person to get an MRI aft the game, truthful it's going to beryllium each Russell Wilson. But this was a crippled that they're benignant of hoping to usage that two-headed backmost duo retired there, but not truly going to beryllium capable to bash it present due to the fact that of the hamstring."

Tomlin's prime of backmost is being backed internally by some Fields and Wilson, who person made a important interaction connected the Steelers roster. "Between Russ and Justin, they've ever supported each other," Steelers antiaircraft lineman Cam Heyward told 'Not Just Football'.

"The media and radical extracurricular the locker country person pitted these guys against each other. They've been precise supporting of each other, and they've made the squad the team. That's each that's mattered, and I'm appreciative of it. It doesn't bring immoderate other drama. They conscionable travel successful for concern and they some travel successful acceptable to perform."

Wilson has besides commended the young backmost and recognised his evident shot talent. Fields was traded to Pittsburgh successful the offseason aft a challenging play successful Chicago with the Bears, wherever helium was initially drafted backmost successful 2021.

"Yeah, I think, archetypal of all, Justin [Fields is] specified a tremendous shot player," Wilson told the media connected Thursday. "For us, it's truly astir america winning, and him getting successful determination and playing shot [and] erstwhile and if helium does, I cognize he'll bash great.

"There's ever the antithetic things we speech about. How helium gets successful there, however we bash this, however we bash that, if that ever comes up. But I conscionable deliberation the biggest happening is just, it's each astir america together. That's truly however I deliberation astir it."