Steelers’ Thursday night QB rotation

• Mason Rudolph: 1-2 series
• Drew Allar: Rest of 1st half
• Will Howard: Entire 2nd half



Haven't looked forward to a preseason game this much in a while.

 

Several camp reports have noted Allar looking sharper / more impressive than Will Howard in recent practices, so McCarthy giving the longer look (and the bigger evaluation opportunity) to the third-round rookie makes sense if he’s currently ahead of Howard on the depth chart in the coaches’ eyes. I know what the latest depth chart says.

 

That picture worries me

 

Who knows what the rotation will be but I can't wait to watch the two youngsters play.

 

I don't think the official QB rotation has been released yet.

 

Just found out it is televised here. Bingo!

 

But if this report is true then Allar isn't getting the longer playing time tomorrow night. Mason is starting and playing a series or two which could mean most of the first quarter. Allar will get maybe a little bit of the first quarter and play the second quarter. Howard is playing the entire second half.

 

What about Mr Rodgers

 

I was surprised when I saw that he might take around 30 snaps this pre-season but I also thought that I'll believe it when I see it.

 

McCarthy said so

Rodgers said it’s a waste of his time (maybe it’s not all about him)

Let’s see who wins this battle

 

Howard is ahead of Allar on the depth chart

He will be ahead in the rotation Thursday

Now the next game they will probably swap

 

My opinion it would be dumb to cut either Howard , or obviously not Allar this season .
If 8 gets hurt this season better to see what these young guys have than to play Rudolph again.
Saying this before the preseason starts, if they keep Rudolph and cut Howard that would be soo Tomlin just to win 9 games.

 

In most training camps, the second-best quarterback in plays the first two quarters and the third-stringer comes in for the cleanup duty with the players who are on the roster bubble.
Looking at how quarters have been distributed so far, Allar is clearly ahead of Howard.