Facts…ppl will say Russ only started cuz he said Russ would be starter coming into 2024 season but as training camp n preseason was going Tomlin said the job is being competed for, and in the end Russ was named Starter. Tomlin woulda loved to have Russ available vs Broncos but he wasn’t, he deserved to step back on field once able to play. Russ gave 2 Pass TDs(for 16/29 w/ 264yrds) n rushing TD while Justin coulda produced 16/29 n only gave 144 pass yrds…Russ showed levels
Exactly bro! And they’re mad he had to get back in his lane. RUSS is going to cook for the rest of the year. He’s been hungry for it since he left the hawks.
@@ilikecheese1996sounds like a hater 😮 dude legit came in last minute and took us to a 4-2 record could’ve even been a 5-1 or 6-0 record if things went a little differently. He went for 10-1 or 10-2 td/Int ratio. If you think that’s ass or he’s trash you’re ignorant asf. He’s our future, Russ is our present for now.
Watching this analysis and seeing Wilson’s high level of play only strengthens the reality that Sean Payton coached to sabotage not succeed with Wilson.
Sometimes it’s sabotage, sometimes it’s incompetence and sometimes it’s just a bad fit. The opportunity the Steelers and Coach Tomlin have provided has exposed The Bears’ as an incompetent organization that almost ruined Fields’ career. The Bronco’s seemed to intentionally sabotage Wilson’s chances at success. To be fair though,I don’t think Pickett had the best opportunity in Pittsburgh. Tomlin’s best and worse trait is his loyalty to his guys and that loyalty with Canada made it impossible for a young guy like Pickett. With these two QBs, coach T has built a real contender.
I legitimately think Payton was trying to tank for a pick. As an analyst he said he would lose on purpose for a chance at Williams. Also when he started to yell at Wilson it was after Wilson kept leading game winning drives. He pulled Wilson when there was a high probability of them making the playoffs as well. But the biggest thing to me was their redzone offense, Payton would constantly call runs and screens like he was trying to avoid letting Wilson and the offense score.
They really sabotaged him in Denver, and tried to ruin his career and Legacy, we been saying Russell wasn’t washed, glad people are seeing that now. Sean Payton was doing dirty work to under mind Russ success. And, the haters fell for the narratives and lies but out by the Media.
A wild throw by Wilson bounced off the defender, it was that poorly thrown, and into the arms of Plunkett. The Jets muffed two special teams play. I actually like Wilson but how was that great quarterbacking?
Idk why people feel like if they like Fields they can’t also like Russ…. They’re teammates and are all trying to accomplish the same goal… and that’s WINNING!! Tomlin has said all season Russ is QB1…… Fields is an amazing QB and a Starter at that for sure…. But he was there while Wilson was on the mend….. anyways.. ppl are sleepin on The Black&Gold #HereWeGo
Wouldn't it be amazing if Tomlin, Russ, and Fields have created the first exception to a rule I've always hated--"if you have two QBs, you have none--thar's so obviously a violation of the ethos of the most TEAM‐oriented aport on earth?
@@tomdb2 I’ve always hated that too honestly… I feel like it’s more about respect and confidence in the locker room…. But if all the guys have respect and genuinely like both QBs.. I definitely think that could work out.
I always like Russ Wilson, except when his Seahawks were beating up my Packers. But am THRILLED that he's doing so well in Pittsburgh. Thanks for a great video and your insightful analysis.
Packers fan here. He wasn't great in this game. His best play was a pass thrown so short it hit the defender and bounced off enough so Plunkett could catch it. Other throws he didn't make. Also Jets special teams coughed up the ball, and PI not called on the Steelers which Wilson had nothing to do with.
The play at 3:15 is not an underthrow as so many people keep saying, but a comeback shot. He doesn’t have the space in the pocket to step up and launch it like he can, and the CB is playing the up on Pickens. The best place to throw that pass was behind them, knowing that his receiver would come back for the pass and the corner is out of position to then play the pass. It is more of a genius level play than is being talked about and if it was the QB on the other side this would be the correct analysis instead of discounting Russ’s abilities.
Wilson has openly stated he does that on purpose because it makes the catch easier if it's into their body. It does sacrifice the run after catch opportunities, but it's easier for the receiver to catch the ball going into their body as opposed to stretched out.
Agreed! If you watch Russ’s deep-passes many of those are thrown this way. He “drops it in the bucket” and puts it only where the receiver can get it. It will look like short-throws or over-throws, like with the pass to Muth, but it is purposeful. Only that receiver will catch it or it will be incomplete. That’s why he has a very low interception to completion ratio over most of his career.
I love when someone is doubted and criticized and put down and then they stand up and punch him right in the mouth. I love the Underdog story so much I kind of fits in perfect with Pittsburgh because we are always the underdog, but that’s how we like it.
I knew exactly what Russ would do and did. He gave us something we truly haven't had in awhile, HOPE. That completely energized this team. THE WHOLE TEAM. 😊
Nope. The refs would not call PI on the Jets at key times, which got the ball quickly back to the Steelers. The Jets poor special teams also let the Steelers score at least 10 points. I like Wilson but he had nothing to do with those.
@@CaptainQueue Steelers special teams were straight-up robbed of a sick block, don't be implying the refs favored the jets. They also didn't call PI for Steelers' big pass but it didn't matter because the catch was successful in spite of it.
@@CaptainQueueI wouldn't call it his best throw, just the one that went for the most yards. Could the defender have intercepted it? No. Pickens had him beat and his back had to be to the ball the whole way. The only person who could catch it was Pickens. That's what great QBs do: put balls in places only their guy can get it. The Rest is gravy.
@@Carado5150less and less as the game went on, no? Russ can still drop dimes and throw into tight windows (he was the best in the game at this until Mahomes came along, working largely with casts of undrafted and late-drafted receivers--DK Metcalf was the first second rounder he got to work with). A lot of what look like inaccurate passes are a more mature Russ realizing he can trust his receivers (some of them at least) to go up or out and get them , rather than making the perfect the enemy of the good and taking sacks as a result.
I was one of those people that thought Fields should not be pulled. He got us to 4-2…sure, there was a lot of room for improvement, but don’t fix something that isn’t broken. I am happy to say that Russ proved me wrong! Coming to the Steelers seems to have re-invigorated him and he was Ballin’! As for that catch that Muth made at 8:05-Russ said in an interview that he saw the defender grabbing Muth’s arm, so he laid the ball out a little further to give Muth a shot at a one-handed grab-which is exactly what Muth did! Amazing to see a seasoned QB recognize that and have the receiver be so in sync with the QB. We haven’t seen that in a long time! Great analysis!
@gcwishbone I think this is because Tomlin took Russ back to his roots--he started out as a guy who would regularly throw the ball away rather than take sacks. But as the Legion of Boom declined (as did the Hawks' run game), he felt he had to play more and more hero ball and carry the team by extending plays, which got harder and harder to do as he got older. After he signed that huge contract with Denver, he felt under even more pressure to do that, which is where he ran smack into Sean Payton. I think Tomlin told him, look, this team is like the one you started with: we pound the football, we run a play-action‐based passing game, and we play lights-out D. All you have to do is be you and avoid negative plays, which means treating sacks (and associated fumbles) the way you've always treated INTs.
@@tomdb2 man . Well that is an excellent analysis . That is exactly what I saw happening to him . Denver was so toxic . Think if he would have not gotten this chance with the Steelers . Gonna be fun to watch .
Statistically, Wilson is twice as good as Fields. I don't know why everyone ever got excited about 100 yard passing games with no touchdown passes and a fear of throwing the deep ball. I think that fear was justified, because clearly, Fields was just as likely to miss a wide open receiver by 15 feet as he was to put it in their hands. When he missed by 15 feet, it did not make the highlight reels. And for those who say, "Fields may not throw touchdowns, but he can run one in", Well, good, Wilson got one of those too, plus, if Fields is the runner, near the goal, do you think that maybe Harris could have also ran it in? Or Warren? Don't assume it's Fields or NOBODY. But you can pretty much assume it's the quarterbacks job to THROW it in. Which he doesn't, my guess, with a much tougher schedule ahead, Fields would have finished with 11 touchdown passes. You can let me know if you think that's great. Wilson is going to have a tough time too, these are some good teams coming up soon, including Baltimore, TWICE and Kansas City. But I think he is far more prepared to take on such teams, than Fields ever could be. Remember, Chicago did not think he was a starter and no other team did either, including the Steelers, who offered a 6th round draft pick for him.
That first pass to Pickens was actually a GREAT throw; the corner had the inside, and was up in Pickens' face. Wilson placed the ball right between Pickens' waist and the sideline. The defender's hands were up to block Pickens from reaching up....perfectly placed to avoid any chance of interception.
@@thomasmelone1028If Pickens wasn't Pickens, maybe, but Pickens is Pickens--this is what he does, win contested balls--Russ knew it, and frankly it galvanized Pickens to know he finally had a QB who knew that, which makes the throw even better. At the end of the day, you can't really call it underthrown unless he put it somewhere Pickens couldn’t get it and/or the defender could. Neither was true.
People don’t understand that what looks like luck isn’t luck for Russ. He has been doing these things since his rookie year. He’s an uncanny playmaker. That’s what Denver didn’t seem to understand about him when n 2022, and what Sean Payton stupidly tried to suppress.
@@thomasmelone1028: He threw it where he did ON PURPOSE, and it was because the DB was out right on top pf Pickens with his back turned. It’s called understanding your receiver. If that had been Doug Baldwin or Tyler Lockett…different pass. You lead them over the top. But for guys like GP, Courtland Sutton, or DK, you put up a jump ball and let them fight for it with no that situation. You can keep calling it luck if you want to but I’ve watched Russ his whole career and he does things like this all the time. He makes passes other QBs can’t, including Rodgers and Mahomes.
Another thing all wide receivers need to own. Being talented and dangerous as Pickens is he needs to be grown up enough to accept it doesn’t mean you get the ball every time but also means that your talent level scares defenses so bad that they key on you which allows the qb to hit players the defense didn’t expect
The big difference with Russ is he will change the play at the line of scrimmage to get Steelers offensive into the right play. Also, he say "Alert, alert' which tells the offensive that a blitz is coming. That why offensive runs much smoother under Russ. We tend to forget his is a Super Bowl winning quarterback.
@@HellBot-gi5si most veteran quarterbacks come out of the huddle with three plays or so. They call the one that best goes against the defense they're looking at when they get up to the line. From there they micro manage the play to pick up the rush or blitz. That's something most journeyman QBs do. My point was that play at 4:40 is a play that a good amount of quarterbacks in the league can't make. Same with that one pass to Warren where he was off balance falling backwards but still was able to run a frozen rope to him. There are other things he does that only a few QBs can do too but those really stood out Sunday night. There's a reason he's a future Hall Of Famer.
@@Steelythestacker I think the most impressive part is on run plays, where so many QBs would just take the play off basically. Wilson makes so many adjustments and communicates what he sees to the line and the back putting them in the ideal situation.
…not to mention: If your “defense” is not sure who to preparing for on game day. Do not think there was Russ, film to study. I’m pretty sure we played that card pretty close to our chest 👍🏻
To anyone who watched the Seahawks when Russ was there, none of this is surprising. It is obvious that under competent coaches and a decent offense Wilson can produce. Under Hackett who wasn’t competent even Brady couldn’t have done well. Interestingly, under Payton, who let his massive ego get in the way, Russ did pretty good. In fact, because he was doing so good Payton in a petty and self-serving action, benched Wilson in order to maintain the fiction Payton had promulgated. If he hadn’t, Wilson would have made him look bad and then he couldn’t justify cutting him. Payton only succeeded in New Orleans because he had Brees. Look at his record after Brees retired. Mediocre at best.
They benched him because he wouldn't give back the 38 million injury clause. That said, I am sure everything you just said plays into that as well. Seemingly, the entire culture of that franchise has become toxic and good ole' Sean only made it worse. No doubt that Russ has lost a step, but there were times where I was baffled by a playcall or coaching decision that somehow became Russ's fault. Time will tell, but I'm pretty sure that Pittsburgh is going to be in a much better position than Denver this year. Sean may even "retire" again like he did in New Orleans after his first Brees-less season.
@@jarrodotis4639 Good point about the $38M. Read an article on how teams shouldn’t deal with the Steelers because they most often come out on top. Russell Wilson was a “steel/steal” for them and a very good example of that article’s point of view. I mean how can you really lose when you get a QB of Wilson’s caliber for $1.2M (give or take) and you are making another team eat the rest of his salary. Peyton hasn’t shown he and his coaching are worth what it’s costing Denver. I’ve been a Seahawks fan since the beginning of their franchise, so watching Wilson do well is like seeing a hometown player make good. What would make it sweeter is if Pittsburgh goes to the playoffs and Denver and Peyton slink into the holidays with their tails tucked.
Justin Fields will improve just by watching and paying close attention. He’s got the tools, he needs to hone his instincts and his touch. I see a big upside if he pays attention.
He could end up similar to Seahawks Russ, with speed and scrambling and a strong arm, although his deep ball would never be as perfect bc it's missing the moonball arc
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That first play all three where open I believe if he went with his 3rd option it could've been an opening drive touchdown but great reads by Russell credit to him
Also, I know Russ is playing with a "chip on his shoulder" so I know he super locked in, especially in an environment & coachikng staff that believes in him
Justin is not a starting level, QB he is a great athlete who tries to overcome he weaknesses as a passer by running. The main problem with that is, teams get film on him, see he is not a threat as a passer, then loads up to stop the run. The offense stalls, unable to move the ball constantly, unable to score. Then on top of that, an angry LB catches him coming from the blindside and lays him out. Because he is not RB he gets hurt and the team is left scrabbling.
Feilds may become a franchise quarterback. Wilson has the training and skill to step into those shoes now. Tomlins responsibility is to the team’s success as a whole not to the hurt feelings society
Great breakdown! I learned some stuff even! Also, glad to see someone appreciate Wilson. I'm in Seattle, loved when we had Wilson here, quickly got sick of Carrol hamstringing him by terrible coach mentality trying to do O line on the cheap, and even though we had all the weapons we needed (minus a proper O line), carrol stillll tried to get back to having legion of boom. You don't need legion of boom when you have offensive weapons like we had. And Wilson was doomed to fail at Denver, them using that no name HC first year, then payton, I used to think he was a good coach, now it's clear that his success was due to Drew Brees because you DO NOT start sabotaging your QB in the press as soon as you are hire and then proceed to deepen that sabotage the rest of the time until QB leaves. I'm so glad to see Wilson come in first game with a good O line and show what he can do. He was great here, even with or especially with no O line having to run for his life every down, and you don't lose that just because you change teams. So Loved all of this!!!
Russ being able to read defenses and throw the ball to receivers keeps the safety out of the box, which also opens up the running game. When Justin is in, the offense is more predictable.
One big difference I seen, no big penalties to kill drives or make an easier first down more difficult. Like holding or illegal procedure. I don’t know why Tomlin didn’t go deep with Fields. He threw passes against Clemson 50 yards or more at least 4 times passes were spot on.
never take anything away from russ. it's clear the oc coach has it together. after the bye week they have some tough teams to beat besides the browns. I really love the growth fields had this year love to see them hold on to him if he can keep that extending plays ability up and not always ready to rocket fuel his feet. incredible performance this year for the team. not at the level from 2006-2008 but it's working.
I think we have two quality players AND quality locker room guys. I like them both. I see Russ as the near-term solution and Justin as the long-term solution.
The one play I think that could've given Pittsburgh even more momentum early was the first down pass that Austin dropped. Other than that, Russ was cookin. #LetsGo.
I’m the same feeling that Justin fields was not benched but QB1 became healthy and got the start. I think GF has a lot of upside and has the run capability. I have always said throw the ball to GP and good things happen. Wilson did great but I have confidence in fields also, I think the Steelers are in a good position
On that first play you go over look at the missed opportunity for the over the top throw to 81 ... beat the safety... touchdown... I love russ I'm a seahawk fan ... just goes to show you can always learn something and see something from watching film :-)
Part of why Russell had a hard t time here in Seattle is that we always had a terrible O line. He was the most pressured and sacked a several times. If you give him another second in the pocket you win almost every time.
I’m glad fields got a chance to show he still deserves a starting role for another team at least. Bears did him so dirty just when he was starting to play well
This is a great video, and nearly 100% on point. Fields was ok, and is worth a shot as the long-term guy, but Wilson is a Super Bowl winner (twice if they hand off to Marshawn Lynch), and is now basically a poor man’s Mahomes, which ain’t at all bad. Much as I love them, though, the Steelers may still have a tough time making the playoffs and could easily be one-and-done again if they do. The Ravens’ offense is all-time, the Bengals are a wounded bear, and the Steelers dropped two games to bad/mediocre teams with Fields (Wilson would likely be 7-0 or 6-1). Their remaining non-conference games are very tough. Hard to do better than 10-7 (unless they stay healthy and other teams suffer key injuries) and 9-8 would be good. They need a better running game (it’s just ok) and another outside weapon (Pickens can be shut down with extra coverage). The secondary also has holes. Too bad, because Wilson has not yet gone the way of Aaron Rodgers.
I get why they called a pass but damn it hurts. His super bowl throw wasn't bad either, Butler made a crazy play. Still, people forget how the Hawks were able to get to the goalline in the first place--a great long pass got them there.
@@gcwishbone LOL! Perhaps you can tell that I didn’t like the pass call. It was SECOND-and-goal, with ONE yard to go, and Lynch was unstoppable that year. It’s as close to a guarantee as football gets that if he runs THREE times he gets in. Beast mode. And throwing over the middle into traffic on the 1-yd. line isn’t ever wise, and is almost never done. Too many bodies with the defense bunched up there. And way too much risk for second down. IMO was perhaps the worst play call in SB history. But yeah, a circus catch got them there. Not quite the helmet catch, but close. (You can probably tell from this rant that I’m a Steelers fan!)
@@greggorsag9787 Lynch was unstoppable *except* at the goalline that year, actually. And having time for 3 runs wasn't guaranteed; the pass was strategic as an incompletion would've stopped the clock. Still... he is beast mode. And yes I don't think going passing into the middle was a good call, especially because it's not Wilson's strength. Throw to the corner or out of bounds; Wilson also could've presented the threat of running it in himself then.
@@gcwishbone For what it’s worth, Carroll is on record saying: “We threw it to kind of waste the play . . . we were going to run it on third and fourth down.” The claim is that the Hawks didn’t have the right personnel and didn’t want to waste a time out. Now, to me that’s deflection and likely BS. If you’re kind of wasting the play,” you don’t throw it into traffic in the middle of the field. The most important call of the year and it’s not worth a time out? Alrighty then. Really seems to me Carroll thought he was smarter than everyone else. I suppose he could be protecting Russell, but I doubt that. Sad times for the Seahawks players, who deserved it that year. But the good news is that the Steelers have a guy at the helm who SHOULD BE a back-to-back SB champ, and he’s still got some pop.
FIelds is younger, taller, stronger and arguably more disciplined. But his professional experience was garbage time with the Bears. Wilson has been to the playoffs 8/12 times with a 9-7 record and a Super Bowl ring. Two of his playoffs misses were due to injury and one to Sean Payton trying to tank. He's only failed to go the distance once on his own merit. Guy's a legit great player and he should go far heading a solid team with no dressing room drama.
Coach Tomlin no the caliber of both quarterbacks I'm sure he promised Russell a chance to play with this 1 year 1 million dollar contract actually costing Pittsburgh nothing !
I’ve always felt like people in the league just didn’t like Russ because he was one of the few players in the NFL who are actually professional. And I don’t mean just in terms of putting the work in because a lot of guys in the league do that. I mean actually behaving professionally. They act like he is a weirdo just because he doesn’t try to act like a thug or an overgrown college kid like most players.
Bro. Wilson tossed 5k yards the year he was released. It's crazy. I had everyone put em on fantasy cuz he is Russell fn Wilson. Sean Peyton ruined all that. Hes still Russell fn Wilson who threw 5k yards upon release. You don't unforget that.
The upsetting part of wilson starting over fields in my eyes has nothing to do with how well he threw the ball. Fields is the future. And wilson is absolutely not worth paying 30 million next year. So why put wilson in now when you either have to keep him next year and cut finances somewhere else on the team that needs it just to pay him. I don't like wilson to begin with. But he's only on the team cause denverr paying the contract not steelers. Steelers would have never got him if they had to pay the 30 mill.
They were missing Clark, Michael Carter and DJ Reed on Sunday night in the secondary. Then 2 of the backups playing got hurt during the game. They were really thin in secondary so while true Steelers didn’t face top secondary.
