Pittsburgh Steelers in no rush over Russell Wilson with clear Justin Fields plan in place

Russell Wilson is inching person to a instrumentality to enactment for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but caput manager Mike Tomlin has made it wide the squad are successful nary unreserved to bring him back

The Pittsburgh Steelers look to beryllium successful nary hurry to bring Russell Wilson backmost into the starting line-up.

Steelers caput manager Mike Tomlin, speaking to reporters connected Tuesday, revealed that Wilson volition proceed to gradually summation his information successful signifier this week. The backmost has lone been capable to enactment successful a constricted capableness and has missed each 4 of Pittsburgh's games portion recovering from a persistent calf wounded helium reaggravated connected September 5.

However, adjacent erstwhile Wilson is afloat fit, Tomlin admitted it's not a fixed that he'll regain the starting position. Justin Fields, who stepped successful for the 35-year-old, has led the Steelers to a 3-1 record, completing 77-of-109 passes for 830 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. He's besides rushed 38 times for 145 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

"There's a imaginable for that, but we're not there, arsenic I basal present today," said Tomlin, erstwhile asked if Fields' awesome show truthful acold has made Wilson's wellness irrelevant successful deciding which backmost volition start.

Mike Tomlin, the caput manager of the Steelers, has not ruled retired the anticipation that Justin Fields' performances could power the betterment timeline for Russell Wilson. He remarked: "It perchance could, but it has not to this point. The guiding origin for america astatine this constituent is the magnitude of shot that we person successful beforehand of us, however aboriginal we are successful this process. That's astir apt been 1 of the important variables successful presumption of our attack to his rehabilitation."

As Wilson edges person to a comeback, Tomlin confirmed that Fields is acceptable to marque his 5th commencement of the play erstwhile they look disconnected against the Dallas Cowboys. Discussing Wilson's progress, Tomlin said: "It seems similar [Wilson] is successful a spot wherever his information is going to prime up immoderate successful presumption of a signifier setting, a unrecorded pouch if you will,".

Tomlin added that portion they won't leap to conclusions, they volition show Wilson's show closely: "We won't gully excessively galore conclusions, but we'll conscionable commencement that process, and we'll comb done that time by day, measure his quality to determination and relation and support himself and evidently measure his level of productivity. We'll fto that beryllium our usher successful presumption of whether we get into superior information arsenic we propulsion guardant toward crippled clip this week."

He besides noted that his stance hasn't changed much, but acknowledged Wilson's accrued activity: "In a batch of ways, I'm taking the aforesaid posture that I've taken successful caller weeks, but I'm acknowledging that he's doing much enactment contiguous than helium did past Tuesday."

Against the Indianapolis Colts past week, Fields showed his dual-threat capabilities by completing 22-of-34 passes for a whopping 312 yards and 1 touchdown. Not conscionable a menace successful the air, helium besides dominated connected the ground, rushing for 55 yards and scoring 2 touchdowns from conscionable 10 carries.

Despite not securing a flawless 4-0 commencement for the Steelers, Tomlin couldn't assistance but beryllium impressed by Fields' cognition and poise during the choky 27-24 defeat. "We were down aggregate scores successful the 4th quarter, man, but I didn't consciousness immoderate blink," helium remarked.

Tomlin further highlighted Fields' unflappable nature, saying, "In particular, I didn't consciousness immoderate blink successful Justin. We've talked astir his dependable demeanor successful caller weeks. In presumption of the things that I've grown to cognize and recognize astir him, I deliberation it's truly connected show successful moments similar that."