Football is a game, but the NFL is a business – and one that requires a lot of hours for both the players and coaches.
Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is no different. He and Russell Wilson have weekly meetings on Friday nights that sometimes run late into the evening as they prepare for their next opponent. Smith made note of those meetings, and said that his wife FaceTimes him to make sure he’s behaving himself.
“We spend so many hours [working], sometimes my wife FaceTimes me to make sure I’m not somewhere on the South Side,” Smith said. “I’m in my office. Look, there’s Russ.”
Wilson was asked about the Friday meetings and shared what he tells his wife when conversations about long hours occur.
“They know how much we love this game,” Wilson said. “For us, we always say to them ‘You guys like touchdowns, right?’”
Russell Wilson gets the same Friday night FaceTimes as Arthur Smith: “C’s like man, how much longer? … Ciara and Allison, they both know how much we love this game.
“We always say to them, you guys like touchdowns, right? We’re just trying to find the next touchdown.” pic.twitter.com/DVBzL5RbNd
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) November 14, 2024
Smith and Wilson have been a great pairing thus far, as the Steelers are 3-0 with Wilson under center and 10th in EPA per play since Wilson took over the starting job. They will need to be explosive offensively on Sunday to defeat the Ravens and take a firm grasp of first place in the AFC North.
