The little known Samford product, who came to Pittsburgh this offseason as an undrafted free agent, was going to make the Steelers roster as the third-string quarterback, eventually rise to the top of the depth chart and be a true heir apparent to Ben Roethlisberger.
At least that was easy for us to say when reports of Hodges, who set the FCS career passing yards record with 14,584, functioning really well at training camp began to surface. Then, he played in the preseason and looked comfortable enough to make us think he absolutely was an upgrade over Joshua Dobbs, yesterday’s news, a guy who once had our hearts as the little engine that could underdog quarterback story.