He's not him. He'll never be him. A career backup that was given an opportunity to be a starter and got benched. Why? Because he ain't him.

The narrative of him mentoring the young guys is also wild. What's he teaching them to do other than be a backup? A career passer rating of 84.7, a 1.3ish TD/Int ratio and a 9-9-1 record as a starter. He's played in 34 games and thrown a whooping 30 TDs, had 2, count 'em 2 rushing attempts in 6 years for 8 yds. Career Y/GM an abysmal 144.

Yes, we all loved when he stepped in for a broken Ben. Beyond that, he's been less than average. It's time to move on. Keeping him not only hinders the growth of 2 young guys, but it costs the team salary cap and may lead to one of the aforementioned to be cut, traded or relegated to the PS - where Rudolph himself belongs.

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It's fun to be able to look forward to preseason games. We are gonna get the best look in this game at both players. Can't wait to see more tape on both of these guys. Loving how McCarthy has handled the process for the QBs so far.

QB2: Mason Rudolph leads Will Howard

Howard may have taken second-team reps during OTAs, but the competition flipped when the Steelers reported to Latrobe. Sitting firmly in the backup spot, Rudolph got the start in the preseason opener and played well. The ball never touched the ground, as he completed 10 of 11 passes (on the lone incompletion, Germie Bernard caught the pass but couldn’t get his second foot down in the end zone).

Meanwhile, Howard’s preseason debut was a mixed bag. He orchestrated a successful two-minute drill, but also made a poor decision to put the ball into harm’s way on a third down. The final two preseason games will be important for Howard if he’s going to prove to the coaching staff that he can be Rodgers’ backup this season. The possibility of keeping four quarterbacks seems to be gaining momentum.

RB3: Kaleb Johnson falling behind

Johnson carried the ball just two times for three yards against the Packers. Truthfully, the only time I really noticed him he was getting chewed out on the sideline by special teams coach Danny Crossman. Cutting a third-round pick one year after he’s drafted would be a tough look for the Steelers, but it sure seems to be trending that direction based on the way the carries have been split in practices and in the first preseason game.

As for the others, it could come down to what the Steelers want from this spot on the depth chart. Lew Nichols is pretty clearly the better running back, showing good vision and burst in the preseason game. Travis Homer, meanwhile, struggled to pick up a blitz that led to a sack and didn’t have as much juice as a ball carrier. Considering the third RB on the depth chart mostly plays special teams, and Homer is an ace in this phase (currently, he serves as the personal protector on the punt team, for example), he has the edge.

First, I can't believe you don't have the GOAT of Pre Season, Drew Allar, on the active roster for online play???Did we not see his 3 TD performance??? Must be some Ohio State fans in control of roster options.

To make matters worse, there have been 0 updates to the offensive playbook from last year's playbook. We throw to the middle of the field now. Do you see Jonnu Smith on this roster? No more TE screens or jet sweeps. Update this shit now.

Finally, can we please show Steely McBeam on the sidelines? If I have to see the shitty Ratbird dance around, I deserve Steely.

Anytime I get to see him on my screen again it’s a good time

Has there been any commentary by players & media on the quality of the field at Acrisure after the Green Bay game last week? Watching it on TV it didn't look great although supposedly they laid down new turf over the summer.

Just wondering because it's been an ongoing problem for the Steelers and while everyone claims it's due to sharing the field with Pitt & the WPIAL playoffs, it seems a bit early in the year for it to be looking so shaggy.

Looking for 3 tickets next to each other for this Friday. Prefer no higher then 200 level. Was hoping the 100 level prices would go down as we get closer to the game day, but most sites seem to stay around the same prices, which aren’t awful by any means, but on a slight budget as Giant Eagle prices soar. Please DM or message here thank you!!

Price wise $60 ish per ticket if possible? Or give main price for all 3?

On their grading scale, can't argue them being low at QB, but I would for sure at least have them above the Jets, Falcons, Browns, and Cardinals. And personally, I would rather QB less than tied to someone like Bryce Young, Tyler Shough, or Jaxson Dart.

Low coaching, sure, low FO - like these writers have any idea, they have the Browns FO ahead of the steelers (lol).

But the roster excluding QB at 20, with the main detractor being age on defense - Ramsey, Watt, Heyward. For one, people thinking Watt is washed are going to look foolish. Heyward, yes, he's old and will be a huge loss, but that's why they drafted Harmon and Benton. Ramsey? GTFO, he's like their 4th best guy in the secondary.

Really excited for this year to see what him and Wilson can do in PGs scheme. Tomlin was a great coach but he was a dinosaur with his defensive scheme

Bears fan here. I had no idea who this guy was until I watched him grab two picks in the preaseason opener (yes they were dud balls.) I was checking out his stats when he was with the Steelers and he had four ints and won a defensive rookie of the month award, but was waived the next season.

Is he kind of like Nahshon Wright with the Bears last year where he was ballhawk but terrible in coverage? Why was he let go?

For the local pittsburgh and surrounding area people. My mom says she couldnt figure it out. From everything im seeing it should have been braodcast on the live TV section on kdka. I think it wasnt on the home screen because it was a cbs main broad cast. Can anyone confirm this?