Two former Super Bowl–champion quarterbacks took very different paths to their current teams. One bought in to the team’s strong and existing culture.
On one sideline Sunday night, we saw a team that gave up everything for a veteran, Super Bowl–winning quarterback. And on the other, we saw a team that forced a veteran, Super Bowl–winning quarterback to give up everything simply for the right to play there. That is the story of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 37–15 win over the New York Jets.and began the long process of making moves that, directly or indirectly, stemmed from his presence there.
Russell Wilson, on the other hand, had to become the consummate Steeler the moment he signed there with the “pole position” for a starting job but no guarantees. He was there when the team also traded for Justin Fields. He was there when Fields started the season 4–2. He had to sit there with his eye black on like a painted figurine, unable—or perhaps wisely unwilling—to respond to what had become a chorus of jokes about hisdemeanor.
Before Rodgers’s arrival, the Jets were a team of young stars. They had offensive and defensive rookies of the year in Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner. They had a newness about them. Now, they more closely resemble a team outside the playoff picture during baseball’s steroid era—a list of names you recognize but aren’t quite sure why or how they’ve all come together on this field.
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