"Steelers' Justin Fields Steps Up as Russell Wilson Faces Injury Setback"

Wilson who was limited in Thursday and Friday practices after aggravating the injury first sustained in training camp is the Steelers emergency quarterback meaning he can only play if there are injuries to fields and Kyle Allen who is serving as the backup Sunday Wilson took the field just before 10:30 a.m. ET Sunday and went through a series of throws for about 15 minutes with a pair of Steelers equipment staffers Wilson appeared to move slowly through the warmup as he took several small drop backs before firing off a pass he warmed up in each end zone finishing with Fades to the corner Wilson then returned to the field just after 11 a me and chatted briefly with general manager Omar Khan Wilson then resumed throwing this time to quarterback's coach Tom arth Fields warmed up nearby throwing the ball with tight end Connor Hayward and wide receiver Calvin Austin 3 Wilson still moves minimally through warm-ups while fields repped rollouts and dropbacks both Wilson and Fields through passes to wide receivers as they lined up for roots during warm-ups but Fields took the first reps of the drill each time followed by Allen and then Wilson Field started 38 games in his three-year tenure with the Chicago Bears before being traded to the Steelers for a conditional to o0 to5 minus one round pick in the off season the sixth round pick picked becomes a fourth Fields plays more than 50% of the team snaps this season Fields is 10 to 28 in those 38 starts with the Bears throwing for 6,674 yds with 40 touchdowns and 30 interceptions he also has rushed for 2,220 yard and 14 T disc