The Pittsburgh Steelers have spent most of Ben Roethlisberger’s career with a pretty solid idea of what they had at the quarterback position behind him. Early in his career, of course, they had Tommy Maddox, who was the starter for the first two games of Roethlisberger’s rookie year, and then his backup for the next two seasons.
He was succeeded in the backup role by Charlie Batch in 2006, who had actually already been with the Steelers since 2002, and remained with the team through the 2012 season. While Batch was the primary reserve for most of that time, there was also the stints of Byron Leftwich and Dennis Dixon serving as the top backup.