Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver Roman Wilson is set to make his highly anticipated NFL debut.
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Roman Wilson workout under the watchful eye of head coach Mike Tomlin during the team's NFL OTA's football practice in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver Roman Wilson will play against the Las Vegas Raiders, marking his NFL debut.
Wilson suffered a high ankle sprain in training camp that kept him out for seven weeks. He has now had 11 straight full practices in a row, and the Steelers finally feel he is ready to play. Offensive coordinatorsaid this week that Wilson’s debut was coming sooner rather than later, and he just needed to get his conditioning up as well as get everything in the playbook down.
“I just think he keeps working. You’re talking about a lot of time missed for a young player. He’s working very hard, I would imagine it happens sooner or later, but it’s not you’ve got to meet this certain metric. A lot of it is getting back into game shape. You talk about a young player -- we have such a long way to go too. He’s doing really well, making progress every day. I imagine it will probably happen sooner rather than later,” Smith said about Wilson.
It is unclear how many snaps Wilson will play, but it is unlikely to be a huge role as they slowly work him back into the rotation full-time. When the Steelers elevated Brandon Johnson to be their WR5 a week ago, he got around ten snaps, and Wilson could end up playing around the same amount of snaps overall in his debut., where our team of sports betting experts has reviewed the experience, payout speed, parlay options and quality of odds for multiple sportsbooks.
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