The Pittsburgh Steelers are planning to sign free-agent quarterback Mitch Trubisky to a two-year deal when free agency officially opens on Wednesday afternoon.

Trubisky confirmed the reports on Monday via a text to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

“I am beyond excited and blessed for the opportunity to be a part of the Pittsburgh Steelers organization,” texted Trubisky to Schefter. “I have tremendous respect for the Rooney Family and Coach Tomlin. They have built one of the best rosters in football and I can’t wait to contribute and help this team continue their success.”

The expectation is that Trubisky will be the Steelers' starting quarterback in 2022. With only a two-year deal, however, it appears that Pittsburgh could still be looking to draft a quarterback in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Trubisky, essentially, will be a bridge quarterback for the Steelers — unless he proves in 2022 that he can be a long-term option to replace Ben Roethlisberger.

While the odds of Trubisky suddenly becoming a perennial Pro-Bowler aren't high, there are some statistics that suggest he could have a career year in Pittsburgh.

Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada is known for his high usage of pre-snap motion in his offense.

And Trubisky thrives when motion is used.

According to ESPN, Trubisky's total QBR was 22.5 points higher with the Chicago Bears when pre-snap motion was used.

Trubisky also had a much better touchdown to interception ratio in Chicago when pre-snap motion was used — 29 touchdowns and seven interceptions with pre-snap motion compared to 35 touchdowns and 30 interceptions without the pre-snap motion.

ESPN also noted that Canada only used pre-snap motion 36% of the time in Pittsburgh last season.

This is just Matt Canada flipping the entire O-Line/TE, putting the RB in the wing, then running him on a jet motion. Fun. pic.twitter.com/Cf2mba5jV3

— Ollie Connolly (@OllieConnolly) October 23, 2017

I'd expect that percentage to heavily increase in 2022 with Trubisky under center. Pre-snap motion and play-action were a staple of Canada's offenses in college — nearly every snap during Canada's days in college utilized pre-snap motion. But his philosophy never mixed well with Ben Roethlisberger, who wasn't accustomed to using pre-snap motion. That's likely why that percentage wasn't higher in 2021.

With Trubisky running the show in 2022, we should see Canada run the offense he truly wants to run in the NFL.

Signing Trubisky is still a bit of a gamble — the Steelers are betting on his upside — but considering the other options on the table, I think this was probably the smartest move Pittsburgh could've made this offseason.

Featured image via Jamie Germano via Imagn Content Services