A quality backup is gonna run you north of $5 million a season, so getting a guy who will be highly motivated to try and earn another decent contract, on the league minimum, is pretty much a no-brainer. The risk, as it perpetually is with the Steelers, is he'll be good enough to make them a playoff team who has no chance to win it all, and they'll be here again next season deciding between extending Russ, going back to Pickett/Rudolph, or scouring the QB bargain bin yet again.
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