News broke late Tuesday night that Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback Will Howard fractured his throwing hand in practice. The good news is that, while significant, the injury shouldn’t end his rookie season entirely.
The bad news is that this may close the door on the Howard experiment in Pittsburgh.
While the odds of Howard becoming the future face of the franchise were always long (despite fans thinking he could be a starter), missing essentially the rest of the preseason is a death blow to that hope. Heck, it isn’t unthinkable that Howard gets stashed on injured reserve for his entire rookie year at this point.