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00:00They lose last week to Dallas at last closing seconds.
00:07They go on the road today, they're facing the Las Vegas Raiders.
00:10We've heard that Justin Fields will start, but Russell Wilson is healthy, probably the
00:15healthiest he's been throughout the regular season now.
00:18Any shot from an in-game perspective, or if Pittsburgh does in fact drop this game on
00:24the road, that Tomlin will turn to Russell Wilson the rest of the way.
00:29Joe, what I'm told with last week with Justin Fields, I know people are not happy with Fields,
00:35but it's kind of unfounded.
00:36He played just okay, not badly though.
00:38A lot of people thought he played badly, a lot of fans did, it's not true.
00:41They were like, they knew he could play better, it was not a bad game by any standard.
00:45But look, they have a winning record, they are 3-2, yes, slipping away a little bit,
00:50but they've got some defensive injuries, which are kind of concerning.
00:53But they're going to face a team in the Raiders today, folks.
00:55They're down to two starting receivers.
00:57They've got four undrafted free agents as receivers that are going to be up today.
01:00With Trey Tucker, who was a third-rounder last year out of New Mercy, Cincinnati, who
01:04could run a little bit of a raw player, needs a lot of development, so they clearly should
01:07win this game.
01:08Now, Joe, you're talking about Russell Wilson.
01:10If the game's a blowout in their favor, you can always take Fields out and get Wilson
01:15some playing time.
01:16But yeah, they're not itching, as I understand it, to get Wilson in there.
01:20They just want his calf to be right, and they'll see how they play from week to week.
01:24But no, I don't get the feeling they're ready to replace him.
01:26But look, now, I say that if it's a terrible game today, that really changes everything.
01:32Because let's face it, they signed Russell Wilson to be the starter.
01:36He has a calf injury, he couldn't get it quite right, Fields comes in and he steers the ship
01:41and actually plays fairly well.
01:42So it's going to have to take a catastrophe for him to lose the job after one bad game.
01:46Let's stick then inside this same game cap, where Gardner Minshew, who held down this
01:51job, you had told us that despite them having an open competition, it was always going to
01:56be Gardner Minshew, in five weeks, has lost his job to Aiden O'Connell.
02:01What do you make of the quarterback situation in Vegas?
02:03Kevin, good question.
02:04Here's what happened.
02:06His interceptions last week, Gardner Minshew's, were so bad.
02:08One in particular, you can't throw one inside the 10.
02:12And Antonio Pierce is an old school coach, he's a defensive guy, he doesn't want turnovers.
02:16What old school coaches want from the defensive side of the ball is a running game, no turnovers
02:21win with defense.
02:22That's not going to happen when you keep turning it over.
02:25Now, Aiden O'Connell, what's interesting is, the scouting report on him, I'm told, is more
02:29of a gunslinger type, but it's going to be hard today.
02:32Now, Zamir White, he's got a groin injury, he started working Friday, he's got an outside
02:36chance to play, but they can't do anything right, Kevin, on offense.
02:40And by the way, they have at least four defensive starters out.
02:44The Raiders, they're an absolute mess today.
02:47I'd be very surprised if they cover that three.