QB Battle

I still cannot understand why so many people believe Dobbs was such a good QB. He threw one pass coming off the bench and for some reason it gives him elite status. I remember Ben going out injured against the Raiders with a lead in hand and Dobbs playing so horribly an injured Ben had to make his way back onto the field to lead what could have been game winning TD only for our defense give up a quick TD to lose the game. Dobbs is not the great QB so many want to give him credit for.

 

To me Dobbs in 2019 would have been a great QB for the Steelers down the stretch, when comparing him to the guy that played in his place Duck Hodges.

We received a 5th round pick for Dobbs and had to play Duck Hodges in the 2nd half of the season, missing the Playoffs by 1 game.

 

I would tend to agree that Hobbs would definitely have played better than duck. And I'll give him leeway in being 3rd string after the trade to the Jags as it takes time. But the next year he could not even beat out a 6th round scrub from Oregon St as a back up. Even all the talk about great coaching or OC potential is just that, talk. From accounts I only have heard one play he actually helped develop or bring into a game. There may be more of course, but until he does something he is still a 3rd string back up in the league.

 

he has a winning record.

 

why not? he was a rookie from miami of ohio. the coach didn't want to draft him. alan faneca wasn't to keen on the rookie starting if i remember.

 

I agree. I can't believe You are arguing this.
Cowher said it, Stan said it , and countless others said it.
AGAIN....this is not saying He would have stayed 3rd string, but without any injuries AGAIN....from what coaches, and others said He would have started the season as 3rd string.

 

The legend of Josh Dobbs is based on three things:
1) he’s very smart - we can imagine he’s a Peyton Manning-like OC on the field
2) he’s athletic - We can imagine Lamar Jackson but less reckless
3) he never played enough to dispel the first two notions

in his 5yr career to date, the “great QB” Josh Dobbs threw all of 17 passes for a whopping 45 yds. As bad as Duck was he did at least that in 6 separate games. I see zero evidence that Dobbs would have done better in ‘19 than the guys who played.

 

w Watson pending suspension/ league punishment more than a good chance we see Dobbs next year vs. the Browns - shld be interesting...
are they keeping Mayfield?

 

If they get stuck keeping Mayfield, Dobbs likely doesn't make the team. If not, he is still behind Brissett if and when Watson misses time.

 

ok so its Brissett, I was wondering who they had besides Dobbs, Brissett will be there QB, unlikely to see Dobbs

 

Steelcityfanatic:

First welcome

Second read what Sir Scribe wrote very slowly. Take it all in. See if you can find the flaw in your thoughts.

 

different time back then. free agency wasn't quite like today and you could hold your players a little longer. rookies didn't play very often here at that time. faneca only changed his tune when the media blew it up.

 

Yes Cowher did say it. I heard it out of His mouth on Pittsburgh Sports Beat. For the 500th time this does not mean He would have stayed there, but that's how they wanted 2 start the season.....unless Cowher, Stan , and the rest just lied.

 

Pickett should start. If he's who everyone here says he is he should be starting week 1. He has all the tools and was the most nfl ready from what I'm being told.

 

OK. LoL

 

Yes he did

 

Bill Cowher on Roethlisberger:

Tommy remained our starter

Charlie Batch was his backup

He’d have a year in our system without any pressure or responsibility

We didn’t expect him to play much during the season

We told Ben the plan and he said he understood and accepted it

jeh:

Now I admit times have changed and Mitch and Mason aren’t Tommy and Charlie

But Ben was 3rd and the intent was for him to stay 3rd

And when he was forced to come in they really had to dumb down the offense

 

I don't think anybody claimed that Cowher said Roethlisberger would be third-string no matter what happened, but he absolutely said that the plan was for Roethlisberger to sit and learn behind the two veterans his rookie season. That plan was blown up when Batch got hurt in preseason. I'm sure Roethlisberger's play would have blown it up at some point, but based on the comments at the time, I believe we would have seen Batch, not Roethlisberger, when Maddox was injured against the Ravens if Batch had been healthy.

 

Nope. No need to rush Pickett into the starting role unless injuries to other QBs occur. Pickett looks to be a good QB, but he's not as ready as say... Trevor Lawrence or Joe Burrow.

 

So apparently Rudolph is putting some athleticism on display at the OTAs. I still say you cannot count him out yet. There is a reason Trubisky is with his 3rd team. Yet, he is the best QB on our roster to never play a down for us. I'm still hoping Rudolph beats him out.