Russell Wilson

Russell Wilson (calf) is inactive for Week 1 against the Falcons.

Wilson is officially out for Week 1 due to a calf injury he came into the week questionable with, though he is still denoted as the team’s emergency third quarterback. This means Justin Fields will make his Steelers debut as the starter against the Falcons. With Fields starting, the rest of the Steelers offense won’t take too much of a fantasy hit, or boost, either. Rushing ability makes Fields an intriguing streamer with QB2 upside for the week. Also inactive for the Steelers are G Isaac Seumalo, WR Roman Wilson, S Jalen Elliott, and DL Dean Lowry. Seumalo (pec) is notably a starter on the offensive line while the rookie WR Wilson (ankle) will also miss Week 1.