The Pittsburgh Steelers have no doubt looked the part so far this preseason, but whether or not that actually carries over into the regular season in any practical way is yet to be determined. Also yet to be determined is who will be the team’s number two quarterback between incumbent Joshua Dobbs and second-year Mason Rudolph.
I do know one thing, though, and that is that if Dobbs fails to retain his backup role, it will simply be because the team can’t trust him to complete to simple passes. Even though he has shown through every game that he is capable of playing plays with both his arm down the field and with his legs, his repeated misfires on relatively routine throws in the short and intermediate areas is a big play-to-play concern.