Pros and cons of Pittsburgh Steelers signing QB Mitchell Trubisky

Cons of Steelers signing Mitchell Trubisky

For whatever benefits for signing Trubisky, there are, it seems the list of detriments is twice as long. Some of it is just negativity towards Trubisky and the thought that he is a lousy quarterback, while others have articulated the arguments in a slightly better way.

The first glaring question which has come up is why did Trubisky’s stock rise in a year he was a backup. It’s a fair question with very few answers. The best explanation is the perception of a lousy 2022 quarterback draft class and a sub-par free-agent market that makes a player like Trubisky a commodity. CBS Sports analyst Pete Prisco said Trubisky would be “nothing more than a bridge quarterback.”

These notions do not come out of a vacuum. Tubisky’s biggest criticisms are that he is not the most accurate passer, only having a 64% completion ratio. His last touchdown pass against a team with a winning record goes back to 2018. He is 0-2 in postseason games. One very troubling stat is that in 50 starts, he has had ten games with multiple interceptions. That’s 20% of his games. It makes sense in that another major criticism is that he can not read defenses nor can he roll to his left; his mobility is limited in rolling to his right, limiting some play options. Hence we come back to Matt Canada.