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 steered that head coach Mike McCarthy might hold the workforce’s quarterback room of Rodgers, longtime backup Mason Rudolph, 2025 rookie Will Howard and 2026 third-round draft choose Drew Allar intact.
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“The extra I give it some thought, the extra I hear Mike McCarthy speak about it, I cannot be in any respect shocked in the event that they hold all 4 quarterbacks,” Dulac mentioned in regards to the state of affairs, per Jake Brockhoff of Steelers Depot.
Rodgers is firmly cemented atop Pittsburgh’s depth chart, and McCarthy has no motive to surrender on Allar earlier than the prospect performs in a significant sport. That mentioned, the truth that Allar could also be considered as a project for the longer term has led outsiders to imagine that both Howard or Rudolph would be the workforce’s QB2.
“I feel plenty of it relies upon [on] how respectful and dependable they need to be to Mason Rudolph,” Dulac defined. “If Will Howard appears to be like spectacular within the preseason, you then simply rubber-stamp him on the workforce. After which it comes all the way down to, do you need to transfer on from Mason Rudolph?”
How Will Howard reportedly improved throughout springtime practices
Howard is an unproven commodity after taking zero in-game snaps throughout his debut NFL season. Nonetheless, quite a few reports shared all through the spring made it identified that McCarthy and Co. appreciated what they noticed from Howard over the previous couple of months.
“What you discover of Will Howard is how a lot smoother from 12 months 1 to 12 months 2 he’s operating what he is operating,” Dulac added, based on 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 appears to be like superb — he does. And once more, we’ll wait and see till one other workforce is coming at him and one other workforce is giving him completely different appears to be like, despite the fact that it will be the preseason. However I’ll say, Will Howard, he has not regarded like a man who’s flummoxed or does not know what he is doing. He appears to be like fairly calm on the market and fairly certain of himself.”
The Steelers open their preseason with a house sport versus the Green Bay Packers on Aug. 13. How Howard performs in that matchup might assist decide whether or not or not Rudolph remains to be with the Steelers by the point the Labor Day vacation weekend arrives.
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