Ben Maller - Russell Wilson Still Isn't an Upgrade Over Kenny Pickett

our lead this hour we buried it at the beginning but we should Circle back to it our lead this hour from the Confluence of the mananga hila and the aligene rivers and as Lena told me in our production meeting that forms the Ohio river right there in in Pittsburgh uh so we had months of public voting it was a straw pole the balloting has now ended the mailin ballots have been counted and I assume you know where I'm going with this but maybe you're a little clueless so Russell Wilson has won the popular vote uh yeah he is the Steelers starting quarterback for the season opener in the ATL he beats out Justin Fields Mike Tomlin made the announcement he took care of the docu sign on hump day so let us discuss the question how should Steeler fans handle the news that Russell Wilson who's been washed up for several years has officially been named the starter so I've got iPod breakfast special and Inspector Gadget and we will combine all of these things together and we're going to have a slice of the pie is what we're going to have so number number one one number one number one the word I have for this is Steeler fans your reaction should be blah now I realize many of you are in denial right you're trying to tell yourself you're trying to sell yourself that Russell Wilson what you see is not reality you're trying to tell yourself that Russell Wilson is still good spoiler alert he blows okay he sucked his last year in Seattle he was an embarrassment for the Broncos the last couple of years that's the reality right now now the other thought I have on this it was never a fair fight it was predetermined the illusion of a quarterback competition uh no that's not reality and for whatever reason Russell Wilson got somebody with the Steelers a little tingly and they agreed before he had even had a practice that he was going to be the starter there and certainly the fan base until proven otherwise Russell Wilson continues to be in a on the side of the road uh it's unfortunate he's got some name brand value but he's got very little game the name but not the game now will he prove me wrong no I'm never wrong about these things he will not prove me wrong Russell Wilson has been on the hamster wheel of mediocrity for several years you know what he is he's the iPod uh he very important when the iPod debut people love the iPod oh my God the iPod's amazing so good all my music right there oh it's great they sold a ton of them but now discontinued no longer needed right no long no longer needed uh Pittsburgh is in the same boat they were in last season they're in the same position they were in last season they have a defense that should be a upper half of the NFL defense I know Spicoli disagrees with us he's a Steeler fan but based on my analysis the Steelers should have a defense ranked in the around the top 10 special teams should be pretty good so the offense will be carried and dragged Along by those other factions of the Pittsburgh Steelers but mark my words the Steelers are making a lateral move they're not improving people see seem to think that this is an upgrade from Kenny picket it's not despite having much better individual stats last season this is what I talk about low information fans so a lot of these idiots are like oh I've been getting an email from the yingers well M you don't understand I'm going to give you a Terrible Towel so you can shove it in your mouth uh let me explain let me explain my position so you just look at Russell Wilson statline oh he's clearly he's better than Kenny picket come on what you what you're talking about that's what you're doing overnights okay uh so Russ last year had 26 touchdowns eight interceptions in 15 games Kenny picket played 12 games so he started the majority of the games he had had six touchdowns and four interceptions okay the Broncos with Mr unlimited who had much better stats than Kenny picket the Broncos passing offense averaged 4.1 Yards More per game than the El stinko Steelers with Kenny picket so that's what you got and that's because Shawn pton dumbed down the Playbook and tried to hide the quarterback and he was able to convince idiots that that was successful but Shawn pton knew that that was ridiculous and so they didn't bring him back they they were eating millions and millions and millions of dollars in Denver because they the guy can't play all right now page two read several think pieces about Russell Wilson the one that stood out here is this Russell Wilson's last chance to save his legacy boy how dramatic is that right how dramatic is this last opportunity the Fallen jock to rise up the mountain again so I read this corny story and it Paints the picture that this is some kind of Greek tragedy if Russell Wilson doesn't succeed in Pittsburgh now I would argue that Russ has already cemented his legacy and that no matter what he does in Pittsburgh outside of winning a Super Bowl which not going to happen uh that he is not Elite he was never Elite ever We Know Better there are some trying to say well back in his younger days his salad days he was Elite but if you look at the menu the breakfast special on the menu there says ham and Edgar that is Russell Wilson he's a ham and Edgar uh his contemporaries when I think of who are the quarterbacks similar to Russell Wilson I think of names and some of these might be dated I'm going to date myself uh Carson Palmer comes to mind right Carson Palmer Jeff Garcia that's an older reference from years ago played for the 49ers how about Cam Newton Cam Newton had one spectacular season for the Carolina Panthers you could say a couple of decent Seasons also but just completely fell off the map but those guys are not Frontline alltime greats they're more second line players that had a blip on the radar and that's it and the problem with Russ is this there's always been somebody better and usually two or three players better and will son poo pooing this but he was able to ride the coattails of the legion of boom the Aderall defense there in Seattle and won a Super Bowl so good for them and good for him uh he he never has picked up an nvp vote the next MVP vote he gets will be his first he's never been an all pro that's what matters right the Pro Bowl doesn't matter all pro status matters now even Carson Palmer finished in the top five in the NV VP voting a couple of times during his career Cam Newton won an MVP so really I guess the comp would have to be Jeff Garcia and Russa Wilson all right final point on this Steeler heavy malor monologue Mike Tomlin also teased the Pittsburgh media with the idea of using Justin Fields who lost the faux battle using Justin fields in a package of plays every single game can you decode what Mike Tomlin was getting at talking about using Justin fields in a certain certain package so so Tomlin he's planting the seed now whether or not he actually does it or not is a different story now I think he will but he was intentionally vague because everyone's paranoid in the NFL worried about giving up the nuclear codes so he didn't say exactly what he was doing nevertheless he mentioned the idea to weaponizing Justin Fields now you couldn't weaponize Justin Fields if he's holding a clipboard it's hard to weaponize him even blind EMT can see that Tomlin what he wants to do Tomlin wants to have game opponent's game plan to try to stop Justin Fields so he figures if they spend valuable time and resources trying to come up with a strategy to stop Justin fields and the versatility that that will help the Steelers maybe it only helps them in one game this year but that's all they need so to rephrase this Mike Tomlin wants you to believe that he is going to go Inspector Gadget Go Go Gadget and open up the Steeler Playbook go back to the annals of Steeler football when they had the player known as slash Cordell Stewart running around as a hybrid player and so in the case of Justin Fields when you're going go go gadget you you've got the extendable arms like Inspector Gadget you've got the gadget copter that can pop out out of your your hat there Gadget phone you've got all that stuff use some Gadget football with Justin Fields who says no why not right and uh let's see what you got