Before he even made it to Pittsburgh, rookie quarterback Will Howard was endearing himself to the Steelers’ coaching staff. Excited to hear his name called and land with an NFL team, especially one he connected with as much as Pittsburgh, Howard wanted to waste no time getting up to speed.
In a great feature article from The Inquirer’s Devin Jackson, Howard almost immediately asked quarterbacks coach Tom Arth for the playbook. Arth had to pull him back.
“On Sunday, Howard reached out to Steelers quarterbacks coach Tom Arth for plays, according to his mother, much to the delight of the Steelers coaching staff.