Los Angeles Times

Steelers name Trubisky starter

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Mitch Trubisky will be the starter Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers begin the post-Ben Roethlisbe­rger era in Cincinnati. Coach Mike Tomlin placed Trubisky’s name atop the quarterbac­k depth chart, just hours after Trubisky’s teammates selected him as one of Pittsburgh’s five cocaptains for the season.

“He’s a guy who people rally around,” defensive tackle Cam Heyward said of Trubisky, who arrived in free agency in March. “He’s all about team. He’s very bought in. He understand­s and Coach T says it, he’s carrying our hopes and dreams on every single play.”

New York Jets coach Robert Saleh said during a videoconfe­rence call that quarterbac­k Zach Wilson did some throwing on the

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