Mason Rudolph knew what he was getting into. So did the Pittsburgh Steelers.

When Rudolph signed a two-year deal to return to Pittsburgh in March following a one-season stint in Tennessee, he was under no illusion that he would be the starting quarterback in 2025.

If Rudolph learned anything during his time with the Steelers from 2018-23, it was that while the club has long respected his professionalism, it has never viewed him as a long-term solution at quarterback.

The list of players Pittsburgh has turned to over the years includes Devlin "Duck" Hodges, Mitch Trubisky, Kenny Pickett and Russell Wilson, whom the Steelers wooed and then signed in the spring of 2024 just two months after Rudolph authored a late three-game winning streak that pushed a middling Pittsburgh team to the play

See Full Page