It looks like the Steelers are moving on from Russell Wilson
We are still over a month away from the new league year beginning in the NFL, which is where teams can officially begin making roster moves and building for the 2025 season. For the second straight season, the Steelers will enter the offseason with quarterback questions. Both Russell Wilson and Justin Fields are set to be free agents, and the only other quarterback under contract is Skylar Thompson.
Reports have begun coming out, as well, that Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith put training wheels on Wilson after the first matchup with the Bengals where Wilson turned back time and threw for over 400 yards while the Steelers put up 44 points and defeated Cincinnati. Those reports indicate that Smith told Wilson to stop checking out of plays at the line of scrimmage so Pittsburgh could establish a run game that never got established anyway and the Steelers’ offense looked dreadful in the final month of the season. Should those reports be true, they are very damning toward Smith.
Many, though, took it with a grain of salt, assuming it was Wilson’s camp that leaked/planted that story to make Wilson look better. Regardless, there is a swarm of fans that will take all reports with that same grain of salt unless they come from NFL insider Jay Glazer, Mike Tomlin’s good friend. Well, Glazer gave his thoughts on the Steelers speaking with NBC during Radio Row.
“I don’t think that’s going to happen,” Glazer said on Wilson returning to the Steelers. “I think we’ll see a new start for Russell somewhere else.”
Glazer also noted he doesn’t think the Steelers know who their quarterback will be in 2025. And while it could be Justin Fields, which is the route many believe they will go, it is still very up in the air, especially if someone like Matthew Stafford becomes available. However, it does appear that Russell Wilson’s time in Pittsburgh is over.