Russell Wilson

George Pickens said he has been putting in extra work with Russell Wilson “because this is his first start.”

Add Pickens’ name to the players who have all but confirmed Wilson as the team’s Week 7 starter against the Jets. Justin Fields danced around the topic early Thursday, saying he didn’t think he “played good enough” to keep the QB1 job, only for Wilson to say later in the day that Sunday would be his “first game of the year.” Head coach Mike Tomlin appears to be the only person interested in keeping this decision “in-house,” but there are multiple signs pointing to Wilson being the QB1 when the offense takes the field on Sunday Night Football on NBC.