Oh, how the mighty have fallen.  From winning Super Bowl XLVIII to being selected for nine Pro Bowl appearances, Russell Wilson seemed to be on the fast track to redemption.  An aggravated calf injury barely held Russell Wilson out of the Steelers regular season debut last month on September 8th.  Almost a month later, the missed games seem less like precautionary measures, and more or less to allow Justin Fields to continue to lead the team without controversy.

Gerry Dulac, of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, reported that for the fifth straight week, Wilson will serve as the team's emergency quarterback in case starting QB Justin Fields and backup QB Kyle Allen both go down with injury.

Is there something here that Steelers fans, including myself, just aren't seeing? Is this some sort of elaborate plot to keep Wilson's value as a starting-caliber NFL QB intact, even though he has indeed lost the starting job to Fields?

As the Pittsburgh Steelers' prepars for their Sunday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys, all eyes will be on Fields and his ability to keep Wilson at bay.

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