Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has gone out of his way to avoid making any declarations about who the team’s starting quarterback is, repeatedly calling it a “hypothetical” while Russell Wilson — who earned the gig coming out of training camp — slowly recovers from a calf injury suffered a couple of days before the season opener.

After five weeks with Justin Fields at the helm, the Pittsburgh Steelers begin this week “in a little bit different place” at quarterback, head coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday. For the first time since the regular season began,