Steelers’ Mike Tomlin ‘Definitively’ Not Benching Mitchell Trubisky After Browns Loss

The Pittsburgh Steelers are now 1-2 on the season following Thursday night’s 29-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns, however head coach Mike Tomlin isn’t prepared to provide up on Mitchell Trubisky simply.

When asked after the video game whether he would think about making a modification at quarterback prior to the group’s Week 4 match versus the New York Jets, Tomlin reacted, “Definitively, no.”

For the 3rd straight week, Trubisky was underwhelming. He finished 20 of 32 passes for 211 backyards in Pittsburgh’s loss in addition to hurrying for 7 lawns and one rating.

The 28- year-old balanced simply 6.5 lawns per effort versus the Browns. That’s up from the 5.1 backyards per effort he balanced through the very first 2 weeks of the season, however it’s still not perfect.

Wide receiver Diontae Johnson led the group with 8 catches for 84 lawns on 11 targets. Tight end Pat Friermuth published 2 catches for 41 lawns, and novice pass receiver George Pickens captured 3 passes for 39 backyards.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported prior to Thursday’s video game that the Steelers had actually not had any conversations about changing Trubisky with novice Kenny Pickett at quarterback. He included that the Black and Gold got in the season hoping that Trubisky would be their starter for the whole year.

Tomlin likewise stated previously in the week that he was going to stay client with Trubisky:

” I’m going to work out proper persistence and continue to teach and ask the men to continue to find out in an effort to continue to press this train down the track and improve. I believe that if anybody is sitting here on Monday in Week 2 of this thing sensation delighted, they’re most likely incorrect or mistaken.”

Tomlin’s persistence will just last so long, and if Trubisky does not reveal enhancement, it will be tough for the Steelers to not rely on Pickett, the group’s 2022 first-round choice, who had a strong preseason this summertime.

In 3 video games, Pickett finished29 of 36 passes for 261 lawns and 3 goals, balancing 7.3 passing lawns per effort, which is much better than what Trubisky has actually revealed early this season.

Pickett is certainly the future at quarterback for the Steelers. Whether he takes control of in 2022 or 2023 will likely be figured out by how well, or not so well, Trubisky plays over the next a number of weeks.