QB Battle

What makes you say that? He actually has a lot more experience than Burrow did coming out of college.

 

Agreed. I will be secretly rooting for Mason this preseason, just to screw with Stephen A Smith.

 

Then you will be rooting for the Steelers to be bad. Something has gone very wrong if Rudolph is the starting quarterback this season.

 

I'm like coaches are here, in that I want the guy who gives them the best chance to win to be the guy on the field. I'm NOT like the guy who wrote an article I read the other day that, I must confess, made me laugh a little. He said that Rudolph was the MVP of OTAs for several reasons, some of which were the following.

He's single, and according to the author can attract the babes.
According to the author he's a great dresser, especially his hats.
According to the author he's a hilarious funny-man.

All of these being things the author thought made him a guy his teammates would rally around.

Whether there were other more football-y reasons the guy had for claiming Rudolph to be OTAs MVP, those were the main things he actually put in the article.

 

Why? If Rudolph lights it up and completely dominates this preseason, say 6 TDs and 0 Ints and WINS the starting job, because of his dominate play why would this be something gone wrong?

I think there is a 2% chance of this happening...

Stephen A Smith : I'd say more like one out of a million.
Mason Rudolph : [long pause while he processes what he's heard] So you're telling me there's a chance. YEAH!

 

Who is he doing that against in preseason? Is that against starters or guys who will be unemployed by the time the season starts? I'm guessing most of his snaps will come against the latter.

A few series in preseason do not trump what we have seen from him for years. He's not good. He is a decent backup and a lousy starter. Trubisky had his struggles, but he has still shown a lot more as a pro. Pickett has a hell of a lot more upside. This team isn't good enough to compete with a scrub like Rudolph taking the snaps.

 

Back in 04 I was in the Navy and the media/bloggers really didn't have a huge presence on social media at the time. My only go-to for Steelers at that time was ESPN or Pittsburgh newspapers online. I recall after the fact that Ben only moved up to backup was because of Batch's injury.

As for Pickett. I wouldn't be upset if he entered the season #3. It wouldn't surprise me if he saw the field anyways and ended up #1 after the bye. I don't want to rush him, nor would I want to redshirt him either.

 

Ok

I’ve had more conversations with you than Bill Cowher “the head coach” so I’ll go with you.

 

Point noted

Next time I have a beer with Bill I’ll ask for clarification

 

They could have known he was big time, but also thought he could use a little more time to learn before throwing him out there. Hell, we know now that he had some growing up to do. Maybe Cowher saw it then.

 

You will call Him right this moment, and get back with us about His answer.

 

I like Mason but his days are numbered in Pittsburgh. I will be rooting for him once he lands somewhere but I don’t ever expect him to be a quality starter. I do think he can be a premier backup in this league and you can make a pretty good living doing that. His ceiling at this point is Charlie Batch.

 

What's that saying in regards to decluttering? "Hold something in your hand and if it doesn't give you joy get rid of it?" Yeah, that's Mason Rudolph.

 

will they actually get pickett some game time experience late in games if we are up on teams? will they make up some packages for him during the season? how about mason? could they do the same? i know that would make too much sense.

 

well to get pickett field time first off. as for mason, show other teams that may need a qb during the season some field time. it could lead to a higher offer for him if that is their intentions. it may also keep trubisky healthier for the season. remember we added a game to the schedule. that is a long season. trubisky hasn't played every snap for awhile now. there are many reasons to do these things. trubisky isn't iron man ben. ben was a big dude that could take a lot more punishment during the year then any of these other qb's we have now. maybe not in his latter years but prior to that he was a stud. we got really used to that here.

 

This sounds like musical quarterbacks played to the Looney Tubes theme

 

I just watch a podcast from Moats and Deke, where Moats was saying that at the OTAs, he could definitely tell Picket was having consistency problems with his passes because of his small hand size.


So what does the below item mean? Do NFL teams get to choose the ball size. 11 or 11.5, and could the Steelers take a page from Brady's book and deflate the balls to help with grip?

Is this a Home Team Advantage?

 

Or it could just be an adjustment period, but people are going to try to make a big deal out of every scrap of information, even if it is just OTA's.

 

Let's not forget something people. Ben Roethlisberger, 11th overall pick in 2004, was 3rd string in camp. The Ben era began as early as it did because starter Tommy Maddox got hurt and 2nd string QB Charlie Batch had a knee injury. Not even Terry Bradshaw started his rookie year.

I'm not saying Pickett will or could be anything those two were but the idea that he has to start his rookie year or he is a bust is false.

And before anyone tells me that 1st round QB's should start in the modern NFL, I direct you to Pat Mahomes.

 

I hope it's in this order:. Trubisky starter, Rudolph #2 and Pickett #3 holding the clipboard. No need to rush the kid into battle. This is not 2004.