About a month ago, Mike Tomlin said Russell Wilson had “pole position” in the battle for the starting quarterback job in Pittsburgh.
Since then, that quote has been dissected in every single way possible. How much of a racing fan is Mike Tomlin? How long is this hypothetical race between Wilson and challenger Justin Fields?
I’m no racing aficionado myself, but from my brief time watching NASCAR as a little kid I do remember that over hundreds of laps, having pole position didn’t end up mattering all that much. So then, is it a secret way for Tomlin to say the competition is fairly wide open?