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A likely plant from Wilson’s camp
Earlier this week, Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that sources told him that there was existing tension between Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson and offensive coordinator Arthur Smith because Smith was taking away Wilson’s ability to check at the line of scrimmage and wanted to stick to the gameplan of being a run-first team. However, those claims got disputed very quickly by NFL reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala who says it was all “patently false.”
“It is patently false,” Kinkhawbwala said in an appearance on 93.7 The Fan. “Completely inaccurate… I’ve been hesitant from the very beginning. We go all the way back to the spring where I was very honest with all of you about what I had been told in meetings in Denver. From players, from coaches, from people who had played with him, what I had been told in Seattle. Why those two teams that had chosen to move on from Russ and what were certain things that he struggled with. Obviously, it wasn’t anything that the fan base necessarily wanted to hear. I’ll say this straight up: Russell Wilson is a very, very nice human being and none of this is meant o be malicious in any way, but he is clearly looking for another contract.”
This would make a lot of sense, especially because shortly after the Dulac report came out, Mike Tomlin’s closest media confidant, Jay Glazer, went on NBC and said he doesn’t think Wilson will be back in Pittsburgh.
This all feels like a very calculated move by Wilson’s camp to try and make him look as blameless as possible as he seeks another contract elsewhere.