Many Pittsburgh Steelers fans wondered after Ben Roethlisberger went down with an injury if the team had given a call to Landry Jones, who spent five years with the team before getting the short end of the stick prior to the start of the 2018 season.
It was reported that they had. It turns out, they had not. They actually called the XFL. Their contracts stipulate that, upon signing, players are bound to the league through the first full season, though they could be free to sign with an NFL team after the year—the championship game—is over.