Steelers believed to have ‘slim’ chance for success with new QB room

For the majority of Pittsburgh Steelers fans, the 2024 season is beng met with some combination of optimism and anxiety. No position adds to those feelings more than the QB position. Armed with a Super Bowl champion and one of the league's more dynamic threats between Russell Wilson and Justin Fields respectively, the signal caller will be the talk of training camp.

But according to Dakota Randall of Pro Football Network, it will all be for not: Pittsburgh in 'No Mans Land' Pittsburgh Steelers fans will talk themselves into believing Justin Fields can be an effective NFL starting quarterback. The rest of the league would disagree with them. They also might believe Russell Wilson has something left in the tank.



Again, the league would disagree. Pittsburgh is in no man’s land at quarterback, hitching its wagons to an aging veteran and a talented but deeply flawed fourth-year pro. There’s a chance this works out, but it’s slim.

-Dakota Randall, PFN There's two ways of looking this in my opinion. Many believed that if the Steelers ran it back with either Kenny Pickett or Mason Rudolph, the team would continue the vicious cycle of 9-8 or 10-7, barley missing the playoffs or narrowly getting in only to be sent home on wildcard weekend. So many fans and media members viewed the change as good.

But whats has to be remembered is that both Wilson and Fields had their prior teams move off of them. It would be one thing if they were free agents. Instead, Wilson made the Broncos inc.