can\u2019t count him out<\/a>. Only a few current Steelers have more seasons with the team than he does.<\/p>\n\u201cI just think they\u2019re looking for something more,\u201d Fittipaldo said. \u201cThey\u2019re looking for a future starter, and I think they wanna find out about Will Howard. I think that\u2019s the No. 1 reason they\u2019re giving him all the reps here this spring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rudolph started one game for the Steelers last season, a middling performance in a loss against the Chicago Bears. He has won games for the Steelers in the past, but at age 30, it\u2019s worth wondering if his best days are behind him. His last six NFL starts, including his time with the Tennessee Titans, combine for a 1-5 record.<\/p>\n
If the plan succeeds and Howard wins the No. 2 job, the next question is where Allar fits in. McCarthy drafted him as a developmental prospect, but Pittsburgh spent a premium pick, No. 76 overall, on him in April. How have Howard and Allar looked throughout OTAs and minicamp so far?<\/p>\n
\u201cUp and down, and Howard too,\u201d Fittipaldo said. \u201cHoward\u2019s had some good moments and some bad moments too, and I think I would put Drew Allar in that same category\u2026There are times in individual where you kinda look at him, and you\u2019re like, \u2018Okay, he\u2019s trying to get it,\u2019 and then there are times in team period where he\u2019ll just go out there, and he\u2019ll sling it downfield, and he\u2019ll look great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Howard and Rudolph\u2019s competition for the top backup job takes precedence over seeing what Allar may offer in the future. No. 4 quarterbacks rarely get that many snaps in training camp, and sometimes get little to none in the preseason. Howard had zero preseason snaps last season because of an injury. He should get plenty of work in August.<\/p>\n
Fittipaldo thinks that\u2019ll mean very few snaps for Allar in preseason play.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still think this is gonna be a redshirt year for him,\u201d he said. \u201cI would not expect him to get a ton of [preseason] snaps.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t be surprised if Allar barely plays in the preseason. It\u2019s all part of the plan to make sure they roster the right QB2, for now and for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 in-season quarterback roster, four dogs are fighting for three bones. One…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":862083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[39],"tags":[21210,2390,70473,72036,1232,24898,1654,62,42783,67,132,68,7954],"class_list":["post-862082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-93-7-the-fan","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-drew-allar","tag-mason-rudolph","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-post-gazette","tag-ray-fittipaldo","tag-sports","tag-the-pm-team","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-will-howard"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116736908894738564","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}