“I’m not really worried about that,” Fields said of his opponents. “I just want to prove myself more. I know what kind of player I am. I haven’t changed my whole life. At the end of the day, my teammates are the ones that help me be great. Shout out to them, shout out to our defense, shout out to everybody on offense that pushes me every day in practice, and it’s just a compliment to them. I’m definitely happy and I just feel good to be in this position, to be honest with you.”

The Steelers are 3-0 and Fields is on the first three-game winning streak of his career.

Fields had won back-to-back games three times during his time with the Bears, but winning three games in a row had eluded him until Sunday.

We’ll see if he gets a chance to go 4-0 or if Russell Wilson is ready to play next week against Indianapolis.

“It means a lot, but at the end of the day, it’s not just me winning games. It’s the whole team,” Fields said. “I’m just happy to be a part of this team, happy to be a part of this organization, and we’re definitely looking forward to going after Indy next week.”

• Sunday’s win, combined with Cleveland’s inexplicable loss at home to the Giants, gives the Steelers a two-game lead in the AFC North.

And more importantly, reaching 3-0 has some meaning.

Since 2000, teams that started the season with a 3-0 win have made the playoffs 75.2 percent of the time and have won their division 51.5 percent of the time.

It’s a big difference from a 2-1 start. Those teams have reached the postseason 54.8 percent of the time and won the division 32.1 percent of the time.

The Steelers are playing well in several phases, but they’re not where they want to be yet.

“That’s just any team in general,” said Queen, one of many new faces in this lineup. “The longer the season, the more you work together. The chemistry gets better. The more the coaching staff learns what you like. For us, it’s still a matter of feeling it out, learning how we like plays.”

Injuries, particularly on the offensive line, have hit the Steelers hard early on. But they could get left guard Isaac Seumalo, who missed the first three games with a pectoral injury, back next week against the Colts.

And after the game in Indianapolis, backup offensive tackle Dylan Cook is eligible to return from injured reserve. That might not seem like a big deal, but with rookie offensive tackle Troy Fautanu placed on injured reserve Saturday, the Steelers’ offensive line depth has been tested early.

By getting those two players back we can replenish that part of the reserves.

For a team that likes to run the ball as much as the Steelers, that’s a lot.

The Steelers had planned to use six offensive linemen in this game to look for Fautanu, using Broderick Jones in those cases. But with Fautanu injured, rookie guard Mason McCormick was forced into action as the extra lineman.