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Report: Leftwich to Open Season as Steelers Starting QB
By Chuck Carroll
Football News Now Staff Writer
June 4, 2010
Byron Leftwich appears to be the Steelers starter in Week 1.
To the surprise of some, but not many, it appears that Byron Leftwich will open the season as the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback while Ben Roethlisberger serves his four to six game suspension.
Leftwich’s only competition came from the young Dennis Dixon who lacks the experience of the former Jaguars starter.
The 30-year-old had been taking snaps with the first team until Roethlisberger was cleared to return to practice this week.
Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette summed it up by stating, “it has become obvious Byron Leftwich will open the season as the starting quarterback.”