Joshua Dobbs had a readymade fanbase when he first joined the Pittsburgh Steelers: the Anybody But Landry contingent. That group grew even stronger when the team drafted Mason Rudolph, sensing the opportunity to knock Landry Jones off the roster for good.
The final preseason performance from the second-year quarterback played a pivotal role in doing just that. Like the offseason itself for Dobbs, he kept taking his hits, but standing tall and unbowed. His composure under duress was arguably the most important feature of his showing, and the quality that I would like to highlight below.