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Steelers re-sign QB Landry Jones (2 years): F Grade

I haven't found any financial details on this contract yet, but I don't care. This deal could be for two years, three cents, and it wouldn't change anything. It's awful, and it fully deserves to be graded poorly.

I don't understand why the Steelers continue to insist that Landry Jones is a viable No. 2 quarterback. He's one of the worst backups in the NFL. He was 25th in my 2017 NFL Free Agent Quarterbacks, listed below Vince Young and Josh Freeman, both of whom are out of the league. Jones is so bad that the Steelers have become an automatic fade in the preseason; they're 3-14 in their past four Augusts!

This is an "F." I'm not even willing to figure out a Millen grade for this. It's just bad and embarrassing that Jones continues to be named a No. 2 quarterback, and the Steelers should be ashamed of themselves.

Per a source with knowledge of the contract, Jones will make $4.4 million over the next two years.

He gets a signing bonus of $600,000, along with base salaries of $1.9 million in 2017 and another $1.9 million in 2018.

It’s a very affordable contract for the Steelers, especially in light of the importance of the position. Chances are Jones will play at some point over the next two years, and $2.2 million per year is as cheap of a quarterback insurance policy as any team will find.

It's better than trying to have Gradkowski be your backup quarterback.

It's better than trying to have Gradkowski be your backup quarterback.

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It's better than trying to have Gradkowski be your backup quarterback.

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I know we all had visions of Bruce being Charlie Batch 2.0, but didn't he get hurt within the first 10 plays of live games each year?

Everyone talks about how bad he is, but 7 TD, 6 INT 86.3 RAT aren't THAT abysmal