GET UP | "Steelers should trade Russell Wilson to Vikings and sign Ryan Tannehill now" - Ryan Clark

15 days away from the start of the regular season so you know me when I have a cash like this I have to give them each three burning question we're going to start with Kmart which wide receiver stand off ends first Jamar Chase Brandon auk or CD lamb well RC I mean Jerry Jones told us he's having productive talks so how could I say anybody other than CD lamb it sounds like these two sides are close I think out of these three CD lamb is going to be the only one who gets the kind of money he's looking for and is playing on the team that he's currently with CD lamb is a player who's needed on that team but Mike T which quarterback will have the biggest bounceback season for you RC I'm going to go with Joe burrow you know he only played in 10 games last year coming off with that big risk injury but I think the offensive Line's better obviously they need Jamar Chase they lost Joe Mixon but I think Zach Moss will more than compensate there and I love Germaine burn third round pick out Alabama so if he could stay healthy this team is loaded and again that's assuming Jabar Chase is there but Jo BR should be there at the end with the Bengals Lewis which quarterback should win the starting job in Pittsburgh yeah I think this has to be Justin Fields Ryan look I mean both of these guys came to this organization this year with no equity buildup with this organization in particular we say all the time the league is about availability even more so than your ability Russ hasn't been available no fault of his own Justin has taken advantage of those reps those increased reps I think he has shown you enough upside to think that right now he's the guy who needs to be qb1 come week one well headed into this game Lew the Steelers released an updated depth chart and Russell Wilson is listed ahead of justed field yet again hey they're supposed to get the graphics to match up with European heyart we want you to sort of set the scene for us though what are you hearing about this third and final preseason game in Pittsburgh I mean the great thing about the Steelers is this is to me what feels like the one true QB competition where you're heading into this important game it's preseason but we still expect to see a lot of both of these guys now it depends what head coaches you talk to some will say I actually don't put as much stock in the preseason games as I do in those joint practices but Mike Tomlin has said I put a lot of stock into what I see on the field and so far but with both the offense with both these quarterbacks hasn't looked that crisp is that is that a delicate way of of putting it they've dealt with injuries on the offensive line Jaylen Warren now missing a couple weeks his status for week one is questionable so this is a pivotal game for both of these guys but I don't know I feel like if you felt like Justin Fields was more athletic um had more upside I don't think what we've seen in the preseason has changed your mind if anything we knew that going in yeah I I think you got to take it all into account now right I mean like I said just a minute ago none of these guys have any Equity with this football team so I think everything matters I think meetings matter I think walkthroughs matter I think joint practices matter I think seven on seven N9 on seven team Red Zone everything matters whether it's the game or not and I know Mike T has said this and look who am I to question anything that this man says but he he says look what happens in game type situations for him weighs very heavily on his decision making and I get that and I and I'm I'm a I'm a Believer in that too but I think right now it's about the body of work that these guys have put together in every different scenario that they have been exposed to with this organization because right now if you just went off a game experience I mean what they done in the game you tell me who's the who's the better guy I mean I would still say look from an upside perspective I think Justin gives Arthur more of what he can work with and I think he's going to get better I think this offense is tailor made for him so in the end I think they'll land on him but um this will be interesting all the way down the like T from an executive standpoint when you're looking at both of these men in such different places in their career who should you want to win the starting job Justin Fields RC he's 10 years younger so again and both guys don't have a contract for next year so if the four of us were running the Pittsburgh Steelers I agree with what Lewis said unless it was discernably different where Russell Wilson was better we want Justin fields to win the job and we want to extend him so we're not in the same situation next year so to me he's younger he's more athletic he has more upside look he doesn't have the stature or the accomplishments that Russell Wilson has but because of his age and again the upside I would go with Justin field okay but so you kind of had an interesting trade proposal in this morning's meeting so RC unfortunately for Minnesota you know history is repeat so we go back to 2016 very unfortunate injury Teddy Bridgewater had a catastrophic injury at practice Sam braford gets traded from the Eagles to the Vikings so to me I think a win-win here is to trade Russell Wilson to Minnesota I think he's a better quarterback than Sam darl they certainly can battle it out and then Ryan tanah Hill is still a free agent guys and you go back to the two years that Ryan tanhill was with Arthur Smith at Tennessee they had an unbelievable two-year run 18 and eight they average 30 points per game let him come in and at least initially back up Justin Fields but now you have Justin Fields who we already said is Young you have Ryan tanah Hill who knows his system and has done a great job with Arthur Smith in the past and maybe you pick up an extra third or fourth round pick yeah I mean that that connection that parallel between Ryan tanah Hill and Justin Fields is one you know I pointed out a couple different times that look he had the best he had the best seasons of his career with Arthur and obviously Justin fields is a much better athlete than what Ryan is and that's not to take anything away from Ryan tanah Hill cuz he's a fantastic athlete but I think to me that's what Arthur sees could I have the same effect on Justin fields that I had on Ryan could I actually take this offense and kind of like boost it and supercharge it a little bit in terms of what I did with Ryan tanah Hill and get even more production see that that just makes sense to me it it it just really I'm not saying this look the trade makes sense as you proposed it this morning I I hadn't even thought about it in that way and I don't think Russ would be a detriment to the quarterback room if you kept him there right I think he would accept that but that does make sense because of all the common threads I get it but LS you just said Ryan tanah Hill had his best seasons under Arthur Smith right his best season but he's available and the quarterbacks that they signed this off season were Russell Wilson and they traded for for Justin field so Ryan tanah Hill was there for the taking a lot of us thought well would make easy sense Arthur Smith is now in Pittsburgh Ryan tanah Hill just get him they didn't do that there's got to re be a reason they didn't also after last year we saw so many quarterbacks starting quarterbacks go down with injury I don't think the only reason you get rid of a quarterback especially a veteran in that locker room who doesn't end up winning the starting job is if he's just like attitude wise in that QB room it's a disruption I don't see Russell being that so why would I I understand the production may not be the same as Justin fields in the upside but why would I then get rid of Russell and I'm left with Kyle Allen and yeah and I mean I agree yeah also too a large part of this entire thing was to have a better quarterback room than you had last year and having Russell Wilson inside that quarterback room I do believe makes it a better quarterback room the only piece I believe Ryan tanah Hill adds to Jed Phils or Arthur Smith if if he can be some kind of conduent between the two of them here is how you run the offense here is the way Arthur's going to see things on our in our third down packages versus this team versus this defense this is where Arthur would want you to make your first read but outside of that I don't necessarily know if Ryan tanah Hill at this moment makes this quarterback room better Mike T yeah here here's the only thing I would add is first of all I agree with what Kmart said last year 66 different quarterbacks started a game so depth at quarterback is Paramount but once you get to the regular season the backup doesn't get a lot of reps so I think one of the other things Ryan tanah Hill giz you is by knowing the system he doesn't need a lot of reps to get ready and look somebody like if the four of us were sitting here in December someone is going to be this year's Joe flacko right someone's going to come out of nowhere and help a team materially and and maybe it's tanah Hill in Pittsburgh we'll see but again if I'm Minnesota guys like the verb I'm using I'm scouring like I just lost JJ McCarthy who looked great so you know why why why won't they go get tanah Hill the tanah hill is so great Mike T it's a fair question maybe you know they're look at all their options RC but I would think like between now and the Final Cuts once we lost J.J McCarthy we got Sam Darnell hopefully he resurrects his career but they should add somebody else I I do I do understand your point simply because I mean you know how important it is regard is a position people who maybe can't do it like they used to but know it still those guys are invaluable and that quarterback I mean that's exact see Justin has never had someone who's been able to really take him upside and say hey look in this offense I may not be able to do it as good as you anymore but let me just tell you exactly what will allow you to go ahead and reach your potential and look as great as Russ is this is his first time in this system and so and and again that's not to say that he would be a quarterback how much would you have to look at at what Russ or Ryan tanah Hill could or would do if they had to replace just field when it comes to that decision that's the X Factor right like let's just say that something happened to Justin are you comfortable with Ryan tanah Hill coming in here and playing now or would you be more comfortable with Russell coming in and giving what he can give you at this point in his career that's a question they'd have to answer and I think when you look at Russell Wilson especially through this preseason from what I heard about practice is he was so good at orchestrating the offense making sure he made the right read maneuvering the defense but now when you get into game time not getting the football out of your hand to not have the self-awareness that that is one of the flaws you have to un coach yourself or un train yourself from if I'm Mike Tomlin that makes me a little nervous but he's played at a high level before that play is just slipped another player who played at a high level was Jaylen Herz and can Jaylen Herz rebound from a late collapse for m m e for for e now spe foree for for e m fore [Music] h