Russell Wilson Shines in Second Half, Boosts Steelers Past Jets

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00:00Russell Wilson definitely played better than maybe anybody thought, definitely better than

00:09I thought, especially in that second half.

00:12And it was really interesting at one point of the game, Vinny, I thought Chris Collinsworth

00:16made a good point that I really hadn't realized is that those floating passes that Russell

00:22Wilson throws may be more conducive to those red zone issues that the Steelers have had

00:28because he could kind of put the ball in the air maybe more than Fields.

00:31I really hadn't thought about that at all.

00:33Now, I'm not buying this one game, let me be clear.

00:36I'm not buying this just one game that he's going to be great.

00:38I don't think so.

00:40But I thought a really good point was made there on TV last night.

00:43Yeah, I mean, it's a different offense.

00:46You just didn't see this here with Justin Fields.

00:49In fact, he was thrown at George Pickens.

00:51That connection was off of Justin Fields, and that's one of the biggest reasons that

00:55Russell Wilson had won the job in the offseason because George Pickens is a mercurial guy,

00:59but you want to keep him happy.

01:00He's your best playmaker right now.

01:03And if he can make big plays, you see what happens, it opens up the rest of the offense

01:06where you can stretch the field a little bit.

01:08They got their running game going, so that's what they're looking for, to unlock a little

01:12bit more of a legitimate downfield passing offense here.

01:16And Justin Fields, there's some maybe places they could have used him, maybe near the goal

01:21line, but then they got rolling, scoring all those touchdowns and pulling away from

01:25the Jets.

01:26So, the other thing that happened, the Jets kind of were dropping everywhere defensively.

01:30They didn't have a lot there in the secondary in the end, but again, you got to credit Russell

01:35Wilson for coming out there, overcoming a little bit of a slow start, and then getting

01:39rolling here.

01:40And they get the Giants next at home, another primetime game, so I don't expect him to cool

01:46off in that matchup.