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Mitch Trubisky, the Pittsburgh Steelers and what it's like to be a caretaker quarterback

PITTSBURGH -- Just after 1 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon, Mitch Trubisky will take the field at Cincinnati’s Paycor Stadium for the coin toss, and soon after, he’ll line up as the Pittsburgh Steelers' starting quarterback.

It will be his first start since Week 17 of the 2020 season -- a formal announcement finally made by Mike Tomlin earlier this week, 177 days after Trubisky signed a two-year, $14.2 million free agency deal with the Steelers.

That was the easy part. Now comes the hard stuff.

Trubisky, the Chicago Bears' former No.