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Debate on QBs brewing

By Will Graves The Associated Press Justin Fields has been around football long enough to understand how this works, especially when you’re a quarterback. The player at the top of the depth chart gets hurt. The backup comes in and plays well. Controversy ensues. Noise builds. Sides are chosen. Forgive Fields if he wants no part of it. The last thing he wants all of one game into his Pittsburgh Steelers career — a mistake-free performance while filling in for an injured Russell Wilson last week in Atlanta — is to get caught up in something that is entirely out of his ...

Fields will start at QB this Sunday

The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are planning to stick with Justin Fields over an injured Russell Wilson as they get ready for a trip to Denver in Week 2. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday the Steelers (1-0) “are preparing as if Justin is going to be our quarterback” with Wilson’s status uncertain as he deals with a balky calf that kept him out of a season-opening win in Atlanta last Sunday. Fields was steady if not spectacular against the Falcons, completing 17 of 23 passes for 156 yards and running for 57 more while not turning the ball over as ...

Here you go: A little ‘O’ and lots of Watt

By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The quarterbacks have changed. The offensive coordinator too. The most direct route for the Pittsburgh Steelers to win games has not. A little — sometimes very little — offense and a whole lot of T.J. Watt. The superstar outside ...

Fields, Boswell, defense team up to clip Falcons

By Paul Newberry The Associated Press ATLANTA — With all eyes on the quarterbacks, Chris Boswell’s strong right leg stole the spotlight in the season opener. Boswell booted six field goals, three of them longer than 50 yards, to account for all of Pittsburgh’s scoring as Justin ...

Status of Wilson up in the air

By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers thought they settled their quarterback competition when coach Mike Tomlin anointed Russell Wilson the starter for Sunday’s opener in Atlanta. Turns out, maybe not. The Steelers listed Wilson as “questionable” for Week 1 after the 35-year-old aggravated a calf injury in practice on Thursday, potentially opening the door for Justin Fields to get the nod against the Falcons. Neither player offered any hints at the plan, with both saying they are preparing as if they will play. “I’m trying to get ...

Steelers give tight end new five-year deal

By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers have plenty of question marks as they begin 2024. The long-term status of tight end Pat Freiermuth is not one of them. The team signed Freiermuth to a five-year contract on Friday that runs through the 2028 season, giving them some stability at a position that had seen plenty of turnover until they drafted Freiermuth three years ago. Freiermuth, who has 155 receptions for 1,537 yards and 11 touchdowns in 44 career games, celebrated with his teammates during a meeting on Friday afternoon ahead of the ...