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    Some background on backups

    Feb 17, 2020 5 minutes
    BOB LABRIOLA

    Ready or not, here it comes:

    • The salary cap era in the NFL was supposed to guard against the league being divided up into the haves and the have-nots, but when it comes to backup quarterbacks, it has had the opposite effect.

    • “Why didn’t the Steelers have a better plan in place in the event of a season-ending injury to Ben Roethlisberger than to be forced to turn to a couple of unproven, inexperienced quarterbacks?”

    • That question and variations of it have been common complaints from Steelers fans who grew more and more frustrated with the 2019 team as it navigated a regular season that had it finish in the top 10 in the NFL in nine different defensive categories and finish 27th or worse in

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