State of the Steelers: Preseason Is Over — Now the REAL Decisions Begin

The Pittsburgh Steelers preseason is officially over, and now the REAL decisions begin.

Mike McCarthy appears prepared to keep FOUR quarterbacks on the Steelers' 53-man roster — Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Drew Allar and Will Howard — but does keeping both young quarterbacks actually make sense?

I don't think it does.

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Charlie Batch recently brought up an important point: QB3 already receives very limited practice reps during the regular season. If the Steelers try to develop both Drew Allar AND Will Howard, those already-limited developmental opportunities become even harder to divide.

The Steelers invested a third-round pick in Drew Allar, and they need to find out what they have in him. Could he eventually become Pittsburgh's starting quarterback? Or will the Steelers need to go back into the QB market in the 2027 NFL Draft?

We’re breaking that down along with:

🏈 Steelers roster cuts and the race to the final 53🏈 Why I DON'T think Pittsburgh should keep four quarterbacks🏈 Drew Allar vs. Will Howard and the Steelers' development plan🏈 The latest on Joey Porter Jr.🏈 Pittsburgh creating additional cap flexibility with DK Metcalf's contract🏈 Players fighting for the final roster spots🏈 What Omar Khan and Mike McCarthy could do next

👇 LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS:

Would you keep Will Howard on the 53-man roster?

Or should Pittsburgh keep Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph and Drew Allar — and put its developmental resources into finding out whether Allar can be the future?

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