{"id":65020,"date":"2024-08-10T02:37:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T07:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=65020"},"modified":"2024-08-10T02:37:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T07:37:26","slug":"mike-tomlin-expects-russell-wilson-to-be-available-for-steelers-preseason-game-vs-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/mike-tomlin-expects-russell-wilson-to-be-available-for-steelers-preseason-game-vs-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tomlin expects Russell Wilson to be available for Steelers\u2019 preseason game vs. Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After missing Friday night\u2019s preseason game against the Houston Texans, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/russell-wilson-102829\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russell Wilson<\/a><\/strong> might not have to wait much longer to take the field for the Pittsburgh Steelers. According to <strong>Mike Tomlin<\/strong>, the expectation is he\u2019ll be ready to go next week against the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson has been dealing with a calf injury as training camp got underway, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/justin-fields-69308\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Fields<\/a><\/strong> got reps with the starters and started against Houston as a result. However, when asked if he expects Wilson to be able to go next week, Tomlin was definitive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bepryor\/status\/1822094071428468894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fields made his unofficial Steelers debut Friday night in the loss to the Texans. He went 5 for 6 passing for 67 yards, but was sacked twice and had two fumbled snap exchanges with the center. His reps with the starters add intrigue to what Tomlin described as a competition with Wilson as <strong>Arthur Smith<\/strong> puts together his first offense in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/news\/russell-wilson-mike-tomlin-expects-available-pittsburgh-steelers-preseason-game-buffalo-bills-justin-fields\/\">Mike Tomlin expects Russell Wilson to be available for Steelers\u2019 preseason game vs. Bills<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After missing Friday night\u2019s preseason game against the Houston Texans, Russell Wilson might not have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65062,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65020\/revisions\/65062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}