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Nick Wright: Russell Wilson Can’t Be The Steelers Backup QB

Should backup quarterbacks get to do photoshoots? Fox Sports’ Nick Wright doesn’t think so.

While he’s currently slated as the team’s starting quarterback, Wright sees a potential issue brewing with Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers, if the former Super Bowl winner loses his job to Justin Fields, who the team acquired via trade in March.

“The problem is if Russ doesn’t win the job he can’t be on the team,” said Wright on Thursday’s episode of First Things First. “You know why… because we showed you the words from the Essence Magazine cover story… it really doesn’t seem like the type of thing you support.