You gotta love Week 18, when the likes of Carson Wentz, Jimmy Garoppolo and Mitch Trubisky come out of the shadows to lead their teams through 60 minutes of meaningless football. Most of the games this week do not have playoff implications, which of course means there will be a lot fewer bets ..
. Ha! GO DEEPER Which NFL stars are starting, sitting or injured in Week 18? There are teams such as the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are playing for a division title or a better playoff seeding or just to have more of an idea of what to do with Russell Wilson. He has been a surprisingly great fit with Mike Tomlin and the Steelers this season but has fallen off of late with three straight losses (albeit against three of the league’s best teams) thanks to two interceptions and two fumbles against three touchdowns in those games.
Advertisement Wilson played for loose change this season because the Denver Broncos were still paying him off from that ridiculous contract two years ago. But he is set to become a free agent (as is Steelers backup Justin Fields), so we’ll find out how much the Steelers really love Wilson. You may have forgotten just how bad the quarterbacking has been in Pittsburgh.
Wilson has 15 touchdown passes in 10 starts, and that’s more than the Steelers had in each of the last two seasons (13 and 12). Tomlin said this week that Wilson needs to cut back on the turnovers, and decided to absolve receiver George Pickens of any blame on the interception against the Kansas C.
