PITTSBURGH — You can't have an "open" quarterback competition with three training camp competitors. Not one with any integrity, anyway.
Bill Cowher spoke on the topic earlier this week in a SiriusXM interview with former Steelers quarterback Jim Miller. When asked about the alleged three-man competition among Mitch Trubisky, Mason Rudolph and Kenny Pickett, Cowher referenced the 1996 preseason.
Neil O'Donnell had moved on, leaving Miller, Mike Tomczak and second-year pro Kordell Stewart as the viable quarterback candidates. Cowher tried to give all three equal time, right up through the American Bowl in Japan in late July.
