With Aaron Rodgers dealing with a left wrist injury, the Steelers worked out veteran quarterbacks Jason Bean and Tanner Mordecai on Tuesday, per Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio.
Pittsburgh currently has three quarterbacks on their 53-man roster and zero on their practice squad. Backup Mason Rudolph, and third-stringer Will Howard will both move up a spot on the depth chart for at least a week, leaving the Steelers without a third option should either of them get injured.
Bean, 26, signed with the Colts as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Kansas in 2024. He did not make the 53-man roster, but stuck around on the practice squad for the entire season. He was waived during final roster cuts this year and did not draw practice squad interest from the Colts or any other team.
Mordecai is also a 26-year-old who entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie in 2024. Mordecai finished his college career at Wisconsin and signed with the 49ers last spring. He spent the season on San Francisco’s practice squad and was repeatedly cut and re-signed during training camp as the team balanced their other roster needs. He was waived due to injury a final time during roster cuts.
The Steelers did not sign Bean or Mordecai, though that could be coming in the next few days as they continue to assess Rodgers’ wrist. They could also work out other available quarterbacks later this week.
The Steelers also worked out wide receivers Cole Burgess, Elijah Cooks, and Cornell Powell on Tuesday, per Cardswire’s Howard Balzer.
Trade two firsts for Mac jones
Three firsts for Russell Wilson
Four firsts for Jimmy Garapolo
Five firsts for Fields
Six firsts for Kirk Cousins
7 firsts for an injured Carson Wentz
8 1sts for Mitch Trubisky.
Wait, never mind. They’re not the Bears…
Where’s Joe Flacco when you need him am I right?
Mr. Bean gets a workout?
He’s already committed to working the jewellery section at Harrods during Christmas anyway…
“Would you like it… gift-wrapped?”
Bring in the Peterman
They need to work out OBJ
I’d hardly call these two 2024 undrafted practice squad QBs “veterans”
Fair, but they’re probably very good at practicing.
Mordecai was a great character in High Plains Drifter … a western ghost story for people who never saw it …
I’ve got nothing against UDFAs but Landry Jones is available and ready to make a comeback 🙂
Uncle Rico would be way better than those two nobodies. He can throw a pigskin a quarter mile.
You never actually see him do it. A ball just comes flying and hits you from the other side of a mountain.