When the Pittsburgh Steelers selected QB Josh Dobbs in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft, they had an entrenched starter in Ben Roethlisberger. While Roethlisberger was nearing the end of his career, there wasn’t much of an expectation for Dobbs to become Roethlisberger’s successor, especially after the team drafted Mason Rudolph in 2018. It doesn’t seem as if the Steelers had much of a plan for Dobbs’ development, either.
In an article by Ty Dunne of Go Long! diving deep into the New England Patriots under head coach Mike Vrabel and their development of QB Drake Maye, Dobbs, who’s currently the backup to Maye, talked about how he’s been with teams where he had “no clue” what he was being asked to do.