Bills quarterback Mitch Trubisky looks down field during practice. Jg 080621 Bills Trubisky 3

Few NFL quarterbacks have had their reputations massaged in the way Mitchell Trubisky’s was this offseason. But if there’s any franchise that knows how to deal with a quarterback who needs some help repairing their reputation, it’s the Pittsburgh Steelers. And the team appears to have found its replacement for Ben Roethlisberger in Trubisky, which is quite the sentence.

Trubisky has been getting tons of hype in the NFL media as teams scramble to find quarterbacks they can depend on, which is really saying something considering Mitch was run out of Chicago because he was completely not dependable.

Trubisky was the poster child for everything wrong with the Bears during his time there. And while you could certainly argue the team had other issues, his inability to do anything on offense made their faith in him seem insane to many watching at home. With the way things ended in Chicago, it was fair to assume he’d never get another starting job again. And after spending last season as a backup for the Buffalo Bills, it seemed like he was settling into that stage of his NFL career.

But the hype was apparently there and the Steelers, who were looking for their first new starting quarterback in 18 years, think they can be the ones to fix Trubisky and turn him into a solid NFL starter. God bless.

To be fair, the team does have quarterbacks Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins in-house already and both are expected to compete for that role as well. The team previously referred to Rudolph as their starter “right now” in February.

We’ll have to wait and see how much Trubisky is getting and if it’s the rumored $10 million per year that was bandied about. In the minds of many NFL fans, whatever it is, it’s too much. So he’s got his work cut out for him to prove that he’ll be worth the trouble. And in the meantime, there are plenty of wild reactions out there to the Steelers’ signing.

To be fair, not everyone thought it was a terrible idea.

It will definitely be interesting to see if the Steelers still consider drafting a quarterback in the NFL Draft or if they feel like they’ve got their guy.

[Mike Garafolo]

About Sean Keeley

Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Editorial Strategy Director for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.