At this point, we aren’t exactly sure what is going on with the Pittsburgh Steelers and quarterback Russell Wilson. After the season, Wilson expressed his interest in returning to the Steelers and said contract talks were already happened. Then the story came out and he and offensive coordinator Arthur Smith didn’t see eye to eye on the play calling and Wilson’s decisions on the field.
But according to NFL network reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala, that story was just a ploy by Wilson’s representatives to help calm the waters from a dreadful stretch at the end of the season.
NFL insider @AKinkhabwala says on @937theFan that the Russell Wilson-Arthur Smith story was “patently false” and “one-sided”. She speculated that it was a ploy by Russell Wilson’s camp to explain his late season struggles. A strong rebuke from a very plugged in reporter.
— Andrew Fillipponi (@ThePoniExpress) February 5, 2025
This would mean Wilson isn’t working with the Steelers to return and is instead trying to partake in damage control to help him in free agency. Try and convince potential teams that his abysmal play in the final month of the season somehow wasn’t his fault.
