Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson expects to play Saturday against the Lions in the preseason finale.
Mike Tannenbaum says the Steelers should start Justin Fields and proposes that they should trade Russell Wilson to the Vikings. "We're playing," he said."Yeah, we're all playing. I'm excited to get back on the field. Last week was great to be out there for the first time, putting more pads on and everything else. And obviously we didn't get the win and everything else, but I think the big thing for us is just executing and us making our plays and doing our thing.
Wilson was only supposed to play"two or three" series against the Bills, he said Wednesday, but he pushed offensive coordinator Arthur Smith to let him go back out on the field after the Steelers went three-and-out on their first two drives. Wilson's unit picked up its first first down on the third series, but overall, the first-team offense went 1-for-6 on third-down conversions.
"He wanted to play," Smith said."I would never put somebody out there that wasn't medically clear, but he hasn't gotten a lot of reps -- and I don't care how many years you've been in this thing, whether you're a new system, new city, whatever it is, the great ones want to get out there and get sharpened up to play. He's missed a lot of camp.
"I felt great out there," Wilson said."Honestly, I felt strong. I wasn't thinking about it. Anytime you have an injury, sometimes if you're worried about it, you're in the back of your mind. You're thinking about it. Didn't feel that at all really the past week or so."
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