A earlier report indicated that the Pittsburgh Steelers wouldn’t carry 4 quarterbacks on their energetic roster for what allegedly would be the final season of Aaron Rodgers’ taking part in profession.
Throughout a Monday look on Pittsburgh radio station 102.5 WDVE, Steelers reporter Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Submit-Gazette instructed that head coach Mike McCarthy may preserve the staff’s quarterback room of Rodgers, longtime backup Mason Rudolph, 2025 rookie Will Howard and 2026 third-round draft decide Drew Allar intact.
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“The extra I give it some thought, the extra I hear Mike McCarthy discuss it, I can’t be in any respect shocked in the event that they preserve all 4 quarterbacks,” Dulac mentioned concerning the scenario, per Jake Brockhoff of Steelers Depot.
Rodgers is firmly cemented atop Pittsburgh’s depth chart, and McCarthy has no purpose to surrender on Allar earlier than the prospect performs in a significant recreation. That mentioned, the truth that Allar could also be considered as a project for the long run has led outsiders to imagine that both Howard or Rudolph would be the staff’s QB2.
“I believe a variety of it relies upon [on] how respectful and constant they wish to be to Mason Rudolph,” Dulac defined. “If Will Howard seems spectacular within the preseason, then you definately simply rubber-stamp him on the staff. After which it comes right down to, do you wish to transfer on from Mason Rudolph?”
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Howard is an unproven commodity after taking zero in-game snaps throughout his debut NFL season. Nevertheless, quite a few reports shared all through the spring made it recognized that McCarthy and Co. favored what they noticed from Howard over the previous couple of months.
“What you discover of Will Howard is how a lot smoother from Yr 1 to Yr 2 he’s operating what he is operating,” Dulac added, in line with Matthew Marczi of Steelers Depot. “Whether or not that is his footwork, whether or not it is rolling out, his throws, no matter. Will Howard seems excellent — he does. And once more, we’ll wait and see till one other staff is coming at him and one other staff is giving him totally different seems, regardless that it’s going to be the preseason. However I’ll say, Will Howard, he has not regarded like a man who’s flummoxed or would not know what he is doing. He seems fairly calm on the market and fairly certain of himself.”
The Steelers open their preseason with a house recreation versus the Green Bay Packers on Aug. 13. How Howard performs in that matchup may assist decide whether or not or not Rudolph remains to be with the Steelers by the point the Labor Day vacation weekend arrives.
