It’s rarely anything less than extremely difficult to replace a franchise quarterback. Most times when a team loses such a player, they go into a performance slump that could last decades before they can find somebody else who can keep them perennially competitive.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping that Kenny Pickett, their 20th-overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, can be that guy for them with Ben Roethlisberger retiring after 18 seasons in the NFL. That doesn’t necessarily mean he will start right now. They did sign Mitch Trubisky, and they still have Mason Rudolph.
And Robert Griffin III believes that the team’s quarterback position will be in better hands this season with any of them in comparison to what Ben Roethlisberger looked like at the end of his career—which, perhaps in at least some ways, is hard to argue, specifically from an athletic perspective.