When the Steelers made the decision to insert Russell Wilson as their starting quarterback, they left the door open for Justin Fields to have a package of plays that allowed him to remain a part of the offense.

Fields did not play in week seven against the Jets and a hamstring injury kept him off the active roster in week eight. Fields suited up last week but didn’t take a snap, so it remains to be seen if the Steelers really have something up their sleeve or if they just want opponents to think he could be an option.

Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith didn’t specify that Thursday, but he left the Fields option very much on the table when he spoke to reporters Thursday.

“It will be ready we go when we need to,” Smith said, via Nick Farabaugh of PennLive.com. “Maybe it will be this Sunday, maybe it will be next Sunday. I’m very confident when we get it out, it will make a difference.”

The Steelers have won all three games Wilson has started and the offense has been successful in each of those games, so there hasn’t been much need for a change of pace. We’ll see if that changes with first place in the AFC North on the line this weekend.