Mike Tomlin’s ‘super-secret’ Week 7 QB plan backfires

Mike Tomlin’s not-so-secretive plan as to who the starting QB will be in Week 7 was hilariously foiled by one of his receivers.

Mike Tomlin is often known for keeping his cards close to his vest.  He did so in reference to his contract situation after Pittsburgh’s 2023 Wild Card playoff loss, with Mitch Trubisky and Kenny Pickett’s QB battle, and most recently, with the Justin Fields and Russell Wilson drama.

While many fans could read the room and find little clues that were pointing to Wilson’s inevitable start in Week 7, Tomlin had never directly come out and named him starter.

Tomlin had done something similar in the buildup to Week 1’s game against Atlanta, forcing the Falcons to game plan for both QBs, much to the chagrin of media reporters looking for a definitive answer.


However, WR George Pickens, who has had media availability issues in the past, spilled the beans and foiled Tomlin’s plans by declaring Week 7 would be Wilson’s “first start”.  Will there be repercussions for the receiver’s slip-up?

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There’s been a possible leak of new Falcons jerseys and Atlanta fans have THOUGHTS

Images of a possible new Falcons jersey leaked just minutes after the team announced they’d be releasing new jerseys this season.

Pictures of possible new Atlanta Falcons jerseys started circulating around Twitter on Tuesday, and while we have no idea if they’re the actual new jerseys, or just a design option that was floated, they certainly appear real-ish.

An email to the Falcons asking about the jerseys’ authenticity was not immediately returned on Tuesday evening. The team did, however, send out a Tweet earlier on Tuesday saying that they were moving on from their old jerseys this offseason.

The leaked jerseys feature big blocks of white on white pants, with a black and red stripe down the side. There’s also a black alternate,  There also appears to be one that is a gradient, with a flash of red transforming into black, which continues down into the black pants.

Falcons fans had mixed reactions to the possible jerseys. Some people thought they were “clean.” Others hated them with the fire of a thousand suns.

Here are the supposed leaked looks:

And the response from fans:

https://twitter.com/janedcw/status/1247651430242168832

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