The Pittsburgh Steelers have decided that Russell Wilson will be the team’s starting quarterback for Week 1, the team announced on Wednesday.
“[Practices] are intense by design,” Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said, “because we’ve gotta know. I hate speculation. It’s a football-like environment. We try to make it as football-like as we can and I saw enough to be comfortable certainly.”
Wilson beats out Justin Fields, whom the Steelers acquired in a March trade.
The 35-year-old Wilson played two preseason games and was 10-for-12 with 73 passing yards.
Wilson was released by the Denver Broncos in March and later signed a one-year, $1.2 million to join the Steelers, one day after they acquired Fields.
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