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By Mark Powell
NFL Rumors: Mason Rudolph re-signs with Steelers
Just a year after complaining about being named QB3, Mason Rudolph is willingly signing up for that role in Pittsburgh.
Rudolph was drafted as a potential heir-apparent to Ben Roethlisberger. Instead, he’s been anything but that, and was mistreated by Big Ben. Roethlisberger did little to help tutor Rudolph, and as a result those training wheels remain.
The Steelers had signed UDFA Tanner Morgan as a likely QB3, but adding Rudolph proves they weren’t all that comfortable with that option. Kenny Pickett is the incumbent starter and will remain. Pickett made some strides late last season for a team which almost made the postseason. Playoff aspirations are alive in the Steel City after the schedule release, and a lot of that is on Pickett’s shoulders.
However, should Pickett get hurt, Mitchell Trubisky is the backup at this juncture. Pittsburgh signed Trubisky in free agency last offseason to start. He lasted only a couple of games before Pickett took over. The Steelers haven’t looked back.
Rudolph is a fine emergency QB plan, but the Steelers know exactly what their offense looks like with him as the starter, and it’s not great. Rudolph’s ceiling is not high, which is why he didn’t receive much interest on the free-agent market prior to re-signing in Pittsburgh.