Steelers open selves up to more QB drama

From the outside, the Steelers quarterback room looks as though it’s a cacophony of uncertainty, bewilderment, speculation and conjecture, which is exactly the way Mike Tomlin wants it.

- GERRY DULAC

But that’s from the outside, which may or may not have anything to do with what’s going internally. But it shouldn’t be surprising. Since Ben Roethlisberger retired, the drama that has enveloped the Steelers quarterback room the past three seasons has incited enough intrigue to start a Netflix series.

And it’s only going to get worse.

According to sources, the Steelers plan to have Justin Fields start the next two games — Sunday in Denver against the Broncos and the home opener Sept. 22 against the Los Angeles Chargers — while Russell Wilson continues to rest his injured calf so it doesn’t morph into something worse.

By that time, especially if the Steelers are 3-0 with Fields as their quarterback, the gossip, conjecture and narrative will increase to royaltabloid measures.