March 11, 2022
The Pittsburgh Steelers are using an original-round tender on restricted free-agent quarterback
Dwayne Haskins, according to a source. Haskins will make $2.54 million on the tender this season. The Steelers were always expected to bring Haskins back, especially after
Ben Roethlisberger retired. Pittsburgh picked Haskins up after he was released by the Washington Commanders, but he didn't play at all in 2021. The former first-round pick are looking at all options at the position heading into next season, but as of right now, Haskins and
Mason Rudolph are projected to compete for the starting job in training camp. Even if the 24-year-old wins the job over Rudolph, he won't be a very attractive fantasy option, even in two-QB leagues.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: PFF - Doug Kyed
February 22, 2022
Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert said the team plans to place a tender on impending restricted free-agent quarterback
Dwayne Haskins. "Dwayne will be a restricted free agent, and I'm sure we'll decide to tender him at some point. So we have Dwayne and we have Mason," Colbert said. The tender they put on him is unlikely to be a high one, which will allow them to hang onto the former first-rounder for cheap. The Steelers are likely to add another QB either through free agency, a trade or the draft, but Haskins and
Mason Rudolph are expected to compete for the starting job this summer. Haskins lasted just 16 games with the Washington Commanders before being released in 2020. He has a big arm but proved to be slow with his decisions and inaccurate.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: Steelers.com - Bob Labriola
January 16, 2022
With Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback
Ben Roethlisberger acknowledging already that this is his final season, the Steelers will head into the offseason knowing that they need a franchise QB. Outgoing general manager Kevin Colbert, who is expected to retire after April's draft, has traded a first-round pick for a player just one time, and he's traded up into the first round just three times since 2000. It makes it unlikely that Pittsburgh would trade multiple first-rounders for
Aaron Rodgers or
Russell Wilson, according to one source.
Mason Rudolph and
Dwayne Haskins are expected to be able to compete for the starting job in 2022, with the team also likely to add a QB in the draft, perhaps Pitt's
Kenny Pickett. Rudolph figures to have a leg up in the competition, but Haskins is a former first-rounder that has caught the eye of head coach Mike Tomlin.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: NFL Network - Ian Rapoport
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