In the span of about five weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers completely overhauled their quarterback room. Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph and Mitch Trubisky are all on new teams now after being replaced by Russell Wilson and Justin Fields.
Pickett will restart his career in Philadelphia while backing up Jalen Hurts. Trubisky will reprise his role in Buffalo as Josh Allen’s backup. Rudolph will possibly get a chance to start in Tennessee while competing with incumbent Will Levis.
How did each quarterback fare during their time in Pittsburgh? It’s safe to say that, while they had varying levels of success, each one left the Steelers with a level of disappointment. Trubisky struggled to deal with the pressure of staying ahead of Pickett on the depth chart in 2022. Pickett dealt with a myriad of issues that eventually led to him asking for a trade. Rudolph left after apparently never getting a legitimate chance to become Ben Roethlisberger’s successor.
In order to gain some perspective of their time in Pittsburgh, here’s my list ranking the Steelers’ starting quarterbacks since 2000.
13. Kent Graham
With Graham under center, the 2000 Steelers started 0-3. Graham lost his starting job, but made two more starts later in the year. The Steelers won both games after outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 37-0. Graham went 16 of 45 passes in those games that included a 3-of-13 showing against the Browns.
12. Byron Leftwich
Leftwich completed less than 50% of his passes in his only year in Pittsburgh: a 13-10 loss to the Ravens in Week 11 of the 2012 season. He did, however, play exceptionally well after coming off the bench to lead the Steelers to a big win over Washington during Pittsburgh’s Super Bowl-winning 2008 season.
11. Mitch Trubisky
Ironically, Trubisky’s greatest moment came as a backup, when he replaced an injured Kenny Pickett in Week 6 of the 2022 season and…
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Author : Bryan DeArdo
Publish date : 2024-03-20 14:33:58
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