While head coach Mike Tomlin has made it clear that Ru sell Wilson is the favorite to start, he has yet to close the door on the po sibility that Justin Fields can win the starting quarterback job.As Wilson mi sed time in training camp , the hype was building for Fields to po sibly take the starting job as he performed well with the first-team reps, with the media in particular driving that hype.But isn't buying into the idea that there Alex Bregman Jersey is a real shot Fields can win the job like, at all.Not only did Madden call the idea of a true competition for the job "fictionalized" and "laughable," he also doesn't think Fields is on Wilson's level, and he even called Fields "a bum.""Wilson isnt in his prime. But hes no bum," Madden wrote. "So far, Fields is a bum.Fields wont come to Pittsburgh from Chicago and turn it around. (Mitch Trubisky sure didnt.) Fields was a first Andy Pettitte Jersey -round flop with the Bears. A turnover machine. Thirty interceptions and 38 fumbles in 40 games."His skill set lends itself to the occasional impre sive moment, not least in practice. But Fields doesnt know how to play quarterback at the NFL level. Hes 25. Whats his learning curve at this point?Kenny Pickett doesnt know how to play quarterback at the NFL level, either. The Steelers replaced one first-round bust with another.If Fields has to play, all will be revealed. Just like with Pickett Lance McCullers Jersey ."Thats what makes the fictionalized quarterback competition at Steelers camp so laughable: The decision, which has long since been made, is Francisco Liriano Jersey obvious. Fields is potential that hasnt much been realized and likely wont be. Wilson is polished, profe sional and knowledgeable.Wilson wont lose games. In Chicago, Fields often did. Wilson might not be great. But he wont stink."Yikes.While we wouldn't sit here and call Fields a bum, we have been consistent in saying that the so-called quarterback controversy between he and Wilson in Pittsburgh is more a media creation than anything else.After all, Wilson was better during the offseason program, and the only reason Fields has seen daylight in his quest to Jose Altuve Jersey become the starter in training camp is because Wilson hasn't been able to practice in full for most of it.We'll have a better idea of where things stand once we can actually compare the two signal-callers in practice and in the preseason, but it's going to take quite a bit for Fields to topple Wilson from the "pole position" he's held all offseason long.