Whereas Deshaun Watson is the most important identify being thrown round for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the staff might maybe be selecting a…much less thrilling choice.
In response to the PPG’s Gerry Dulac, the staff is contemplating signing Miami Dolphins’ QB Jacoby Brissett after free company begins on Wednesday the sixteenth. Right here’s what Dulac wrote:
“The Steelers are discussing the opportunity of including a quarterback when free company begins subsequent week, and among the many concerns is a participant who has not been talked about among the many myriad of names being tossed round.
Miami Dolphins backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who has began 37 video games within the NFL, might be an choice due to his previous relationship with 4 present Steelers assistant coaches, together with offensive coordinator Matt Canada, in response to sources.”
Brissett transferred to Florida from NC State at a time when Steelers’ OC Matt Canada, RBs Coach Eddie Faulkner, and WRs Coach Frisman Jackson have been all on the Wolfpack workers. Brissett helped flip NC State’s program round. In 2013, the 12 months earlier than Brissett began, the staff went simply 3-9. In 2014, his first 12 months as their starter, the Wolfpack completed 8-5 together with a bowl win over UCF. The staff went 7-6 the next season with one other bowl look.
Steelers’ defensive assistant/linebackers coach Brian Flores was Brissett’s coach final season in Miami, one other connection that hyperlinks Brissett to the Steelers.
Brissett is a reputation we’ve talked about lots in the course of the offseason and he was a part of our free company wishlist launched yesterday. Right here’s what we wrote, making an analogous connection.
“The largest purpose to signal him, frankly, is his decrease price (signed for $5 million in 2021, most likely indicators for about that in 2022, maybe a bit of extra) and familiarity with Canada and this offense. That’ll give him an excellent begin on competing with Mason Rudolph this summer season versus having to start out from sq. one in studying the playbook and what Canada is searching for.”
Dulac signifies an analogous situation that may see Brissett in a transparent competitors for the beginning job however not being outright handed it the way in which a higher-paid participant could also be. His reporting appears to be a bit extra of the dot-connecting than one thing concrete however he considered it sufficient to make it a headline story so it’s definitely price noting.
“If the Steelers pursued Brissett, it’s doubtless he can be introduced in to problem Mason Rudolph and even Dwayne Haskins to be the starter,” Dulac writes.
The Steelers have now been linked to a slew of veteran quarterbacks this offseason because the staff searches for a starter to switch Ben Roethlisberger. Different names in reference to Pittsburgh embrace Mitch Trubisky, Jameis Winston, Teddy Bridgewater, Jimmy Garoppolo (who would should be traded for) and naturally, Watson.
Pittsburgh is all-but-guaranteed so as to add one other quarterback over the subsequent two weeks. It’s only a query – an enormous one, at that – of who that man can be.
