2024 NFL training camp: Five starting QB battle predictions - ESPN

NFL training camp is the time for position battles, and no position gets more attention than quarterback. There might not be quite as many starting QB competitions this summer as we've seen in some previous years, but there are certainly still a few unsettled situations.

So with camps now in full swing, we wanted to check in on the spots where there's some question about who might start at quarterback in Week 1 and make some predictions based on what we're hearing around the league so far. Let's open with one brewing in Pittsburgh between two big-name signal-callers.

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Candidates: Justin Fields, Russell Wilson

The Steelers landed Wilson for a league-minimum $1.21 million after he was cut by the Broncos with a guaranteed $39 million left on his contract. (The Broncos will be paying the other $37.79 million, which could make for a fun meeting between those two teams in Week 2.) They acquired Fields for a conditional 2025 sixth-round pick and declined his 2025 fifth-year option, so Fields and Wilson are both in one-year, prove-it situations.

Everything I've heard on this for the past month or so has been that Wilson looked better in OTAs and minicamp. He entered training camp as the clear leader in the competition. But when camp opened, an interesting thing happened. Wilson injured his calf and missed the first two days of practice, allowing Fields an opportunity to work with the first-team offense.

This is no small development, especially considering training camp is probably the time of year that offers Fields the best chance to showcase the things he can do that could help him make up ground on Wilson. Fields is one of the most explosive runners in the league at the quarterback