The Pittsburgh Steelers completed their quarterback depth by bringing in an experienced player. No one seemed happier about the move than Allen’s fiancée, Summer Juraszek. Kyle Allen. Juraszek took to her Instagram story on March 25 to share a joyful message about Allen joining the Steelers.
Juraszek shared a celebratory message about Allen joining the Steelers on her Instagram story on March 25.
“Here we go,” Juraszek wrote with black and gold heart emojis. “Year 7. So thankful! Love you @kyle_allen.”
Allen will be joining his fifth NFL team with the Steelers. He started 13 games for the Carolina Panthers from 2018-19. Allen has also played for then Washington Football Team, Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills.
His last attempt a regular season pass with the Texans during the 2022 season.
Kyle Allen Joins Steelers as Third-String QB
The Steelers have valued depth at quarterback for the past several years. This became even more important with the NFL introducing the emergency third quarterback rule last year.
This offseason, experts linked the Steelers with quarterbacks expected to go on Day 3 of the 2024 NFL draft. That kind of move also made sense for the Steelers after they added Russell Wilson and Justin Fields to the quarterback room.
Instead, the Steelers opted for an experienced player. Allen will most likely be the team’s No. 3 quarterback and serve as the team’s emergency signal caller on game days.
Mason Rudolph held that role for most of the 2023 season. But after an injury to Kenny Pickett, Rudolph stepped in for Mitch Trubisky during Week 15. Rudolph then started the final four games of the season, including the playoffs.
Rudolph led the Steelers to an unlikely playoff appearance.
Something will have to go wrong again in Pittsburgh for Allen to play significant snaps. But the Steelers will have experience at No. 3 quarterback once more if they need it.
Allen has shared a 7-12 record as a starting NFL quarterback. Interestingly, he won the first 5 starts of his career with the Panthers before going on a losing streak to end the 2019 season.
Outside of Carolina, Allen is 1-5 as an NFL starter. He is 0-2 in two starts over the past three seasons.
Allen was an undrafted free agent in 2018. He has thrown for an average of 6.7 yards per pass with 26 touchdowns and 21 interceptions in 30 NFL games.
Steelers, Bills Essentially Flip Backup QBs
There’s a bit of irony with the Steelers signing Allen. The Bills signed Allen last offseason to serve as Josh Allen’s backup, a role once held by Trubisky.
A couple weeks after the Steelers released Trubisky on February 12, he agreed to a deal to return to Buffalo as Josh’s backup.
In other words, the Steelers and Bills have exchanged backup quarterbacks this offseason.
The Steelers have completely transformed their quarterback room after three different signal callers led the team to a 10-7 regular season record in 2023. Pickett and Rudolph combined to post a 10-5 record as starters.
Trubisky went 2-5 as Pittsburgh’s starting quarterback in two seasons. But he was 0-2 during 2023. In fact, the Steelers lost all five games in which Trubisky played last season.
In addition to releasing Trubisky, the Steelers made an exchange involving Pickett Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles and didn’t re-sign Rudolph in free agency this offseason. Rudolph signed a 1-year contract to join the Tennessee Titans.
Before signing Allen, the Steelers added Wilson to their roster. A day after trading Pickett, the Steelers then acquired Fields.
