Through the first quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ recreation towards the New York Jets, Acrisure Stadium sounded prefer it did through the Kenny Pickett/Matt Canada period as boos rang throughout the venue. A gradual begin for QB Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh offense led to anger from a fan base that was already doubting head coach Mike Tomlin’s determination to start out Wilson over QB Justin Fields.
Tomlin and Wilson had the final snigger and turned the jeers into cheers as Wilson and the Steelers rolled in a 37-15 thrashing of the Jets. Though followers have been nervous when Pittsburgh went down early and struggled to maneuver the ball, the Steelers’ offense had all the boldness on the earth, in accordance with LT Dan Moore Jr.
“It’s humorous ’trigger like, I suppose on the surface finish it might need appeared prefer it was dangerous, however simply being within the huddle, like the boldness that we had, the swag that we had, even when issues weren’t going our means early within the recreation, I nonetheless felt like we knew in some unspecified time in the future like issues have been gonna change,” Moore informed George Von Benko on Sportsline on WMBS radio. “It was gonna hit for us, and you recognize, all of us believed that Russ believed it. I believed he did a extremely good job commanding within the huddle. I believed he did a extremely good job speaking with us, particularly on [the] offensive line, getting us on the identical web page. Thought he did an important job.”
After the primary quarter it did appear fairly dangerous. Pittsburgh solely mustered three factors and 51 yards with most of that approaching its opening drive. Nonetheless, the Steelers ended the sport with 409 yyards, 260 coming because of Wilson’s proper arm.
All through his 13 NFL seasons Wilson has been often called an important chief, and his teammates appear to like him. Whilst followers chanted for Fields, Wilson by no means wavered. Actually, it helped him hit a second gear. Wilson’s regular hand helped the Steelers not get rattled, one thing we’ve got not typically stated over the previous couple of seasons when the house followers turned on the sputtering offense.
General, the Steelers’ offense seemed the most effective it has all season final Sunday. Whereas it might not be all resulting from Wilson, he actually had a big half in serving to the Steelers to their most full recreation on offense in years.
Now, Wilson and the offense must proceed this Monday evening towards the New York Giants. If the Steelers can get to 6-2 at their bye week with consecutive sturdy offensive performances, issues can be wanting actually good for them transferring ahead.
