MINA KIMES KNOWS WHAT STEELERS SHOULD DO WITH QUARTERBACK COMPETITION

The Pittsburgh Steelers will enter the 2024 NFL season with a completely different quarterback room after moving on from Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph and Mitchell Trubisky.

Pittsburgh turned the page, instead choosing to roll with veteran quarterback Russell Wilson and former first-round pick Justin Fields. Earlier this offseason head coach Mike Tomlin suggested Wilson will have "pole position" on the starting job, but ESPN's Mina Kimes isn't sure about that.

During an appearance on Robert Griffin III's podcast, Kimes opened up on what she's expecting from the Steelers quarterback situation. She wants to see an open competition between Wilson and Fields with the best man winning the job.

"I actually think they were both amazing bargains for Pittsburgh," she started. "But the point is, it's very hard to find quarterback when you're not at. the top of the draft. You don't have one. I guess first and foremost, it has to be a competition."

"I know [Mike] Tomlin's out here saying Russell's in pole position or whatever, but there's zero reason why it should be a real competition. Your remember Wilson going back to, again, 2012, he entered the NFL with a real quarterback competition. And thank God they had one. The [Seattle Seahawks] paid Matt Flynn that year more than Russell's making now - 10 times more than Pittsburgh."

"I think for Fields, I'm a huge fan of his game and I think he's shown a lot of flashes that would still be interesting to me. As a team, I think his ceiling is higher than Russ at this point. Russ's floor is probably higher."

Wilson might get first team reps, but with Fields' talent level, he might not land the starting job when the season opens.

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