There were plenty of reasons the Pittsburgh Steelers fell short of the playoffs last season. But a strong case can be made nothing hurt this team more than the loss of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. When he went down with an elbow injury the Steelers were forced to scramble to fill the void.
The tandem of Mason Rudolph and Devlin Hodges filed to keep the offense moving and the whole team ran out of gas down the stretch. But despite all these struggles and Roethlisberger’s health an unknown, team president Art Rooney II says the team will not sign a veteran quarterback.
This feels like an incredibly short-sighted point of view to present in early February. There are so many unknowns with this quarterback group over the next few months, anything could end up happening. But even if Roethlisberger does come back healthy, adding a veteran to help push Rudolph and provide some stability on the depth chart makes sense.
