ESPN predicts Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2020 quarterback

The Pittsburgh Steelers will eventually need to replace future Hall of Famer, Ben Roethlisberger, but with who still remains the question.

ESPN donated their time to predict the starting quarterbacks for all 32 NFL teams in the year 2020. Although Pittsburgh has invested multiple years into backup, Landry Jones, it appears that the worldwide leader in sports sees the team taking a different route.

According to ESPN’s Dan Graziano, the Pittsburgh Steelers will hand the reigns off to former Tennessee star, Joshua Dobbs. The fourth-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft still needs time to develop, but according to Graziano, he’ll get two years under his belt and then have the ability to step into the starting role.

"In 2018, Roethlisberger finally follows through on that retirement threat. Dobbs, a former student of rocket science at Tennessee who spent two years backing up Big Ben, grabs the controls in 2019. Headline writers fire up their rocket puns."

Dobbs appears to the be the future of Pittsburgh, at least to the fans. Jones has done a fine job as Big Ben’s backup over the years, but has never shown to be a dominating starting quarterback in the NFL.

So, the Steelers decided to add another playmaker to their depth chart.

Dobbs is one of the smartest players in football, and although that doesn’t guaruntee anything, it’ll certainly help when he has to lead an entire NFL team. With guys like Antonio Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Le’Veon Bell likely still on the roster, Dobbs should have enough weapons around him to start winning immediately.

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It’ll be tough to watch this team find their groove with a new play-caller, but with Dobbs’ potential, the future of Pittsburgh remains bright.