Debate on Justin Fields's Role in Steelers' Strategy

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00:00We talked about the situation with Justin Fields briefly, Scotty, I'll just get your

00:07opinion.

00:08Love it?

00:09Hate it?

00:10Or where are you at with the situation developing at Pittsburgh?

00:13Jets and Steelers on deck.

00:15Love it.

00:16Love it.

00:17I told you that.

00:18I've been saying this for weeks between you and Ben, both, you're both stubborn Justin

00:22Fields fans.

00:23I don't get it.

00:24We're the only two Justin Fields fans in the history of the NFL right here on SportsCrit.

00:28It's amazing.

00:29I mean, you can't continue to win games throwing for 140 yards, and that's what the Steelers

00:37have done.

00:38But we've been down this road before with Pittsburgh, and I think that's the key.

00:42You know, the common man is saying, oh, you're winning games, so you got to keep Justin Fields

00:45in there.

00:46Yeah, you won games with Kenny Pickett.

00:48Where did that get you, throwing for 150 yards?

00:50You won games with Mitch Trubisky, for goodness sakes, you got to the playoffs, you know,

00:54and Mason Rudolph, that combination got you to the postseason, throwing for 150 yards.

00:59Where did that get you to postseason?

01:00Nowhere.

01:01They've been down this road before.

01:02They've seen this.

01:03Yeah, they're having some success, wins and losses, but it's not going to equate to wins

01:07and losses come postseason.

01:09The bigger picture is Russell Wilson was brought in to win a Super Bowl.

01:13He's got to get every opportunity to do just that.

01:15They're 4-2.

01:16They had a nice move, you know, letting him heal, didn't have to rush him back, but ultimately

01:20they're going to go as far as Russell Wilson will take them.

01:23So I am all in on Russell Wilson being the starting quarterback.

01:27So Russell Wilson couldn't bring the Super Bowl to Denver with an elite defense, right?

01:32And basically threw for multiple games for under 200 yards last year, even though he

01:37had a great quarterback TD to interception ratio.

01:41That's all well and good.

01:42Secondly, he's not going to run like Justin Fields.

01:45Justin Fields, two rushing touchdowns, yet again at 55 yards.

01:49What happens when the offensive line breaks down?

01:51There's an added dimension to the offense, Scotty, that you lose with Russell Wilson

01:56on their center.

01:57Secondly, secondly, is if Justin Fields, yeah, 4-2, three of those wins came on the road.

02:04Okay?

02:05So that matters to me more than anything.

02:08Can you win on the road?

02:09I don't care how you do it.

02:11Can you win in a tough environment?

02:13And I'll throw one more at you.

02:14If the Steelers, let's say, do start Russell Wilson, they lose two games, then what?

02:20You go from 4-2 to 4-4, with a quarterback that would then be 0-2, what's your answer

02:26then?

02:27You know, listen, if you go 0-2, but you lose 33-30, then you know what?

02:34He's going to stay in as quarterback.

02:36If you go 0-2 and lose, you know, 17-13, then I'll take him out of the lineup.

02:42Then you're going to take him back out of the lineup?

02:45So we cost our team two losses, but here we go.

02:49Now we really have your starting quarterback, Justin Fields.

02:52What message does that send?

02:55Well, what message did it send?

02:57They're behind the eight ball from the get-go, Joe.

02:59Don't forget, both of these guys are on one-year contracts.

03:02I mean, you know, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't.

03:06You want really Justin Fields to do well?

03:09So you got to give him a three-year, we'll say, or Danny Nichols' contract that the Giants

03:14gave him?

03:15Really?

03:16I don't want any commitment to Justin Fields.

03:18No, thank you.

03:19I understand why they got him, but I don't want to commit that kind of money to him.

03:24You can't throw, Joe, you're not going to beat Cincinnati, you're not going to beat

03:29Kansas City, heck, you're not even going to beat the Chargers or even the Buffalo Bills

03:34playing like that in the postseason.

03:35You got to be able to drop back and throw the football.

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