Steelers Predicted to Cut Ties with Veteran QB in Crowded Depth Chart originally appeared on SportsNet Pittsburgh. Add SportsNet Pittsburgh as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Pittsburgh Steelers have set up a tough quarterback situation for themselves.Heading into training camp, they've got four QBs on the roster: Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard and Drew Allar.Howard was just drafted last season, and Allar was picked in the third round this year.Rodgers will be the starter.So where does that leave Rudolph?"With Rodgers as QB1 and rookieDrew Allarall but locked in at QB3, the primary backup job will come down to a battle between veteran Rudolph and second-year signal-caller Howard," ESPN's Brooke Pryor wrote this week. "McCarthy spent the offseason praising Howard, but the 2025 sixth-round pick missed most of his rookie season on injured reserve with a fractured pinkie finger. Rudolph, on the other hand, has plenty of on-field experience, with 19 career starts in six seasons. McCarthy, who has never started Week 1 with four quarterbacks on the active roster, will likely have to choose between Howard's potential and Rudolph's known ceiling."MORE:Darnell Washington hopes to lose a lot of weightIn addition to Pryor's analysis above, she also put together a 53-man roster projection for the Steelers. And in that list, she has Pittsburgh keep just three QBs: Rodgers, Howard and Allar.That would mean either a cut or a trade of Rudolph."It's undoubtedly risky to go into the season without a veteran No. 2 quarterback to back up a 42-year-old starter, but the Steelers need to know what they have in both Howard and Allar before next year's draft," Pryor writes. "The organization could be in a position to draft a first-round quarterback out of a strong class, but they need to see how Howard and Allar stack up first. Keeping both of them on the roster to develop them -- and potentially step on the field if Rodgers gets hurt -- allows them to get a complete evaluation ahead of a pivotal draft."It'll be a fascinating balance of priorities this season for the Steelers, who have essentially signed up for back-to-back years of delaying the QB future by relying on Rodgers.They'll have to figure it out eventually, and keeping Howard and Allar this year gives them a chance. It could just come at the expense of Rudolph's job.More SteelersLatest SteelersnewsHow 'Renegade' became Steelers' pump-up songComplete history of Steelerschampionships