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Arians says he’s comfortable with the QB’s the team has behind Roethlisberger

Bruce Arians doesn’t seem to have any issues with either Byron Leftwich, Dennis Dixon or even Charlie Batch for that matter being the teams starting QB to start the year. He said as much in today’s Tribune-Review:

Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said the Steelers can win with any of the three quarterbacks vying to replace Ben Roethlisberger for the first part of the 2010 season. Getting all of the quarterbacks the work they need won’t be a problem, Arians said, even if Roethlisberger returns at some point for the offseason practices that run through June 10. “This time of year there’s way too many (repetitions),” Arians said Wednesday while talking for the first time since the end of the 2009 season. “When they’re veterans, they don’t need a lot of generic stuff.” Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch have started 99 NFL games between them. But Dennis Dixon, who is competing with Leftwich and Batch, has started just one game in two seasons. Dixon earned solid reviews last November when he started for the injured Roethlisberger and nearly led the Steelers to an upset of the Ravens in Baltimore. “We’ve won with Charlie, we should have won with Dennis, and we’ve won with Byron,” Arians said. “It’s a good, very healthy situation. I’ve been in situations where we only had one (capable starter), and you dang sure didn’t want to play with two and damn sure not the three. Here, we have a chance with all of them.”

Matt Loede has been in the sports media for over 16 years, with experience covering the MLB, NBA, and NFL. On Sunday’s during football season, you can hear Matt on national networks like Fox Sports Radio, Associated Press, and others. Born and raised in Cleveland Ohio, Matt studies and talks football inside and out, and is anxious to share his thoughts and comments with readers on a daily basis.

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