The Buffalo Bills have agreed to a contract with former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky, in accordance to a report via Mike Garafalo of NFL.com. Terms of the contract have not but been reported, and it cannot be made reliable until the start of the new league yr on March 13.
The Bills had been in a position to contact Trubisky, who played with the crew in 2021, beforehand than the start of the regular contact period because the Steelers reduce Trubisky last month.
“The Steelers cut Trubisky early to supply him a shot to discover his subsequent gig before free agency begins,” Garafalo wrote. “He’s executed simply that.”
Trubisky, 29, began two video games and made three comfort appearances for the Steelers in 2023. He filled in for Kenny Pickett three times when the Steelers’ starter left the sport with an injury, and after Pickett suffered a sizable ankle damage against the Arizona Cardinals on Dec. 3, Trubisky grew to become the Steelers’ starter.
Things didn’t go properly for Trubisky or the Steelers, as the group lost to the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts in consecutive weeks, seeing their playoff hopes pushed to the brink. Trubisky was once benched at the cease of the Colts sport in favor of Mason Rudolph and did now not return to motion in 2023.
On the season, Trubisky achieved sixty seven of 107 passes for 632 yards, four touchdowns and five interceptions. The Steelers lost all 5 games in which he appeared.
The depressing 2023 season came on the heels of a disappointing 2022, as well. Trubisky was signed in 2022 with the intention of being the team’s beginning quarterback, but after the group drafted Pickett in the first round, Trubisky bought the hook simply 4 video games into the season with a 1-3 record.
He ended up returning for three remedy appearances, filling in for Pickett to combined results. He helped out-duel Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 6, throwing for 144 yards and a touchdown in one half for his first-class statistical performance as a Steelers. He also helped lead a conservative ground-attack sport design over the Carolina Panthers in Week 15.
But when Pickett suffered a concussion early in the first quarter towards the Baltimore Ravens in Week 13, Trubisky threw three interceptions, and the Ravens beat the Steelers in the game that subsequently saved them out of the playoffs in 2022.
The interceptions ended up being the largest bugaboo for Trubisky over his Steelers tenure. He threw 10 preferences in 287 Pittsburgh attempts, or 3.5% of the time. He had throw interceptions in only 2.3% of his drop backs as a four-year starter with the Chicago Bears from 2017-20.
