Madden: Steelers should start Mitch Trubisky — if they believe they are contenders

[hawaiiansteel]

PFF grades:

Mitch Trubisky 78.8 – The veteran quarterback played notably well in relief of rookie Kenny Pickett. He now owns Steelers quarterbacks’ two best grades of the season – he posted an 80.3 during Week 3 at Cleveland. And his season grade of 72.7 is significantly better than Pickett’s 62.7, dragged lower by a 49.5 grade before his concussion Sunday against Tampa Bay. Trubisky now ranks 12th in passer grade among NFL quarterbacks, while Pickett ranks 24th. His average depth of target of 10.2 is substantially better than Pickett’s 7.9. And his rate of big-time throws — ranked among the best in the NFL in a given week — is 5.1% compared to Pickett’s lowly 1.1%. That’s a non-insubstantial amount of data that suggest Trubisky perhaps deserves his old starting job back for the time being, even if Pickett is ruled healthy for Week 7 at Miami. No, he’s not Ben Roethlisberger in his prime, but on average, he’s been much better than the 2021 version of Roethlisberger and mid-pack overall. Not unimportant for a team trying to climb out of a 2-4 hole.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2022/10/18/nfl-week-6-pff-grades-recap-mitch-trubisky-kenny-pickett-injury-terrell-edmunds/stories/202210180082

[Northern_Blitz]

PFF grades:

Mitch Trubisky 78.8 – The veteran quarterback played notably well in relief of rookie Kenny Pickett. He now owns Steelers quarterbacks’ two best grades of the season – he posted an 80.3 during Week 3 at Cleveland. And his season grade of 72.7 is significantly better than Pickett’s 62.7, dragged lower by a 49.5 grade before his concussion Sunday against Tampa Bay. Trubisky now ranks 12th in passer grade among NFL quarterbacks, while Pickett ranks 24th. His average depth of target of 10.2 is substantially better than Pickett’s 7.9. And his rate of big-time throws — ranked among the best in the NFL in a given week — is 5.1% compared to Pickett’s lowly 1.1%. That’s a non-insubstantial amount of data that suggest Trubisky perhaps deserves his old starting job back for the time being, even if Pickett is ruled healthy for Week 7 at Miami. No, he’s not Ben Roethlisberger in his prime, but on average, he’s been much better than the 2021 version of Roethlisberger and mid-pack overall. Not unimportant for a team trying to climb out of a 2-4 hole.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/202210180082

I think this is like when Kenny came in and had a good half.

It's a small sample size and people shouldn't react to two quarters of football and think that's going to be consistent.

Especially in Mitch's case where we have several games of him looking less than stellar.

[WindyCitySteel]

I think this is like when Kenny came in and had a good half.

It's a small sample size and people shouldn't react to two quarters of football and think that's going to be consistent.

Especially in Mitch's case where we have several games of him looking less than stellar.

It should be no surprise that they both played their best in relief with no pressure and no first team reps in the "live in your fears/don't make a mistake" straightjacket of a game plan.

[Northern_Blitz]

It should be no surprise that they both played their best in relief with no pressure and no first team reps in the "live in your fears/don't make a mistake" straightjacket of a game plan.

Maybe.

Or maybe guys sometimes guys look good in a limited number of series if those series go well.

Small sample sizes make for bad analysis.