Hey Lufin - Steelers QB update
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Looking good for Howard.
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@Mik said in Hey Lufin - Steelers QB update:
Looking good for Howard.
:eyeroll:
Howard might possibly have a Tom Brady or Brock Purdy type of amazing career, but that’s doubtful. Right now he needs to fight to make the #3 spot over Skylar Thompson, and that’s not a sure thing. The kid has been okay when he’s been in with the #3s, but that’s going up against the #3s as well.
However, as is always the case, the backup QB is always the most popular man in town. Especially when they are young and recently drafted. Now make them young, recently drafted, from a somewhat local school watched by the locals, AND won the National Championship. So you have a bunch of Yinzers all over this guy like brown on unprocessed rice. Rodgers is coming in as kinda unpopular, and he knows it. He also knows this next year is going to be the swing year as far as his legacy goes, so he is going to say and do the right things, and I am sure he will be a decent mentor for the kid. At the same time, Roethlisberger has pissed off a good portion of the fanbase because of his treatment of Rudolph and Pickett, so he is trying to show support for the young guy.
At the same time, the simple and unadulterated facts are:
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Rodgers is the #1 and will be the number 1 so long as he’s healthy.
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Mason Rudolph is the #2 and has looked the best in camp so far. He will be the starter each and every game Rodgers can’t go due to injury.
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Howard is a break glass in case of emergency #3, and if Rodgers AND Rudolph go down. And if that happens, Pittsburgh will still go out and get a Ryan Tannehill or someone with experience to come in as the starter.
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Next year, Pittsburgh has 13 draft picks stocked up, the draft is in Pittsburgh, and it’s going to be a great QB class. Pittsburgh WILL be putting together a trade to get one of the top 3. After that, Rudolph is the likely bridge, but Howard will get a fair shake at #2 while the rookie learns. That will be his one real and small shot.
The far likelier scenario is they want Howard to develop into the future QB’s steady #2z
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