Thanks largely to forces beyond their control, the 2019 season has already proven to be one of the more unusual ones in recent memory for the Pittsburgh Steelers, with no one factor being bigger than the loss of 16th-year veteran franchise quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. He only played six quarters this season before being placed on the Reserve/Injured List with an elbow issue that required surgery.
The consequence of that move meant that they were left with a pair of quarterbacks—one of whom was on the practice squad—who not only had never thrown a pass in an NFL game, but had in fact not even played a snap.