For the past 18 seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers have had it made. Every season the Steelers coaches have gone into the season knowing they had Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback and everything would be fine. This means Pittsburgh has never had to do a great deal of planning for the future of the position.
But Roethlisberger’s retirement has left a void at quarterback and presents a unique challenge for the coaching staff. The Steelers chose to wait until this offseason to take any real steps toward replacing Big Ben, which could be a shortocming in itself. Nevertheless, here is the plan as best we can tell.
