Hope looked bleak after Week 2 of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2019 season. Not only were the Steelers sitting with a big goose egg in the win column, they were without Ben Roethlisberger for the rest of the year. Roethlisberger took his final snaps of the season in the second week of the season, blowing out his elbow in a loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Replacing him was Mason Rudolph and eventually, the man they called Duck Hodges.
In the eyes of many, and it was a reasonable stance, the Steelers’ season was over. Just ask Tom Moore how he feels about playing with your backup quarterback.