Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger doesn’t get a lot of work during the preseason, which has been bliss for his backups, Mason Rudolph and Joshua Dobbs, who have needed those reps and have, for the most part, taken advantage of them throughout the offseason process and into the preseason exhibitions.
The starter’s reps this time around didn’t even amount to the same as last year. I believe Roethlisberger saw in the ballpark of 25 snaps in 2018, playing five minutes into the second quarter, but this time he barely lasted 10 minutes, spanning 19 snaps over three drives.