Steelers consider Landry Jones an "elite backup"
The Pittsburgh Steelers consider quarterback Landry Jones "to be better than 80 percent of the other backups in the league," according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
What It Means:
It's not to say Jones has starter potential, but rather that the Steelers view Jones as being in the Brian Hoyer realm of the NFL. Multiple beat writers have stated they expect Pittsburgh to re-sign Jones, who seems unlikely to generate much free agent interest elsewhere. Jones had a horrific 2016 preseason, but handled himself passably in two spot starts.
Among the 48 quarterbacks to top 50 drop backs in 2016, Jones's 0.12 Passing Net Expected Points per drop back ranked 23rd. Jones's rate in this analytic was exactly league-average.
Source:
Rotoworld.com
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