‘Behind The Eight Ball’: Roethlisberger Explains Will Howard’s ‘Tough’ Path To Eventually Starting

Will Howard Steelers training campEarlier this year, the Pittsburgh Steelers did not spend a high draft pick on a quarterback. Instead, they waited to sign Aaron Rodgers. However, they did select Will Howard in the sixth round, giving them a young player in their quarterback room. While Howard had a successful college career, he likely won’t see much playing time this season. Ben Roethlisberger recently broke down why that could become a trend for Howard’s career with the Steelers.

“Will Howard is behind the eight ball big time in the sense that he was a sixth rounder,” Roethlisberger said Tuesday on his Footbahlin’ podcast. “Unless he comes out at some point this year, he’d have to play…