{"id":894753,"date":"2026-05-18T16:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/894753\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:57:17","slug":"steelers-qb-will-howard-surpasses-mason-rudolph-to-begin-otas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/894753\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers QB Will Howard surpasses Mason Rudolph to begin OTAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

All eyes are on the quarterback position for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not just because Aaron Rodgers<\/a> returned for his 22nd NFL season, but because the team now has four quarterbacks on its roster, meaning one will be the odd man out. With how Pittsburgh divided the reps on the first day of OTAs, it looks like Mason Rudolph<\/a> will be drawing the short straw.<\/p>\n

Per Nick Farabaugh, the Steelers gave the second-team reps to Will Howard<\/a> while Rudolph took QB3 reps and rookie Drew Allar<\/a> went last at QB4. Obviously, the Steelers won\u2019t be letting Allar go after selecting him in the third round of the draft last month, so his spot is as safe as anyone.<\/p>\n

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It will all but certainly come down to Howard and Rudolph for the final quarterback spot. The tough line to walk for the Steelers is that Rudolph is a reliable backup who they know can keep them afloat should Rodgers go down.<\/p>\n

There is a large level of uncertainty with Howard, who has never taken an NFL snap. Would Pittsburgh go into the season with two quarterbacks behind a son-to-be 43-year-old quarterback who have a combined zero NFL games played? That would be a very large risk to take. That said, they\u2019ll never know what they have in Howard if he never sees the field. He, along with Rudolph and Allar, will get that chance come preseason to earn their respective roster spots.<\/p>\n

Let us know what you think in the comments.\u00a0Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All eyes are on the quarterback position for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not just because Aaron Rodgers returned for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[1586,1800,7,560,6,5763,520,57,2360,426,2183],"class_list":["post-894753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-drew-allar","tag-football","tag-mason-rudolph","tag-nfl","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-steelers","tag-will-howard"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116596640551148414","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}