There will be a familiar old foe lining up under center for the Pittsburgh Steelers when the Detroit Lions face head coach Mike Tomlin’s team in the preseason finale on Sunday. Tomlin announced that veteran Mitch Trubisky will start at QB for Pittsburgh.
Trubisky–who has reverted back to being known as Mitch instead of Mitchell–and first-round rookie Kenny Pickett are battling for the starting job, taking over in the long shadow of now-retired Ben Roethlisberger. Pickett has had an impressive preseason but Trubisky has also shown enough to make it a legit competition.
Lions fans know Trubisky well from his early days with the Chicago Bears. From 2017-2020, Trubisky went 4-3 against Detroit, throwing for 15 TDs and just four INTs. He had an almost perfect game against Detroit in Week 10 of the 2018 season.
The Lions will start Tim Boyle at quarterback, Detroit coach Dan Campbell announced on Friday. Boyle is efforting to solidify the top backup job behind starter Jared Goff.
