Dionate Johnson says he hopes Mason Rudolph is the Steelers starting QB next season

Why wouldn't Carolina try to sign Mason Rudolf as a bridge QB for there
Young QB to possibly learn from. Mason would basically be going home
to the Charlotte area. Tepper may give him the money he could be looking for. How about Atlanta, That looks like a pretty good situation. I am sure Mason and his agent
Will explore their options.Denver another option.What I am trying to tell you knuckleheads is there is
a good chance MR is never coming back.

 

**** his feelings, these are paid professionals. You want people to say nicer things, be better at your job.

 

I have the feeling that we may get an actual QB competition in 2024.

 

It's one thing to have a competition. It is a completely different thing to hand the job to the guy that wins.

 

Could you elaborate?

 

What I am saying is, is it really a competition if the outcome is predetermined?

At the end of the day, the Steelers are going to stick with Pickett. So what's the point?

If we are being honest, Mason outplayed Mich and Kenny the last time there was a "competition".

 

Not just a hard sell,,, it's detrimental to team cohesion... Who would've looked at the last month & thought anything other than Pickett will be the backup... He'll be a good backup to have... Starting Pickett over Rudolph would be spitting in the face of the rest of the offense & most sane Pittsburgh steelers fans at this point...

 

Were you at practice everyday?

 

No. They told me I was too old to play.

 

So you weren't observing the competition on a day to day basis?

 

If observing the Steelers, in person, on a day to day basis, was a prerequisite for making a comment, then this board would be empty.

 

The talk coming out of camp was that Mason was outplaying Mitch and Kenny by a fairly wide margin. If you remember, the Depot actually was at all the practices, and took stats on the scrimmages. Mason Rudolph had a fairly wide lead in completions, TDs, and Ints.

All three looked pretty good in the preseason. Kenny's stats did come at the end of games for the most part.

Even if Mason didn't outplay Kenny. He certainly outplayed Mitch.

 

After masons first start he made a comment along the lines of it being great having A qb that stands in the pocket and delivers the ball instead of bailing

 

I was talking about Kenny's first camp. Last camp Kenny was the unquestioned starter. I don't think anyone could argue that.

 

Mason would have to be re-signed first, that's not a lock.

 

Obviously. Even if Mason isn’t back I feel KP is done or will be done by the middle of next season. After watching Mason at the end of the year, and trust me I don’t think he’s the long term answer either, it just shows how crappy KP is.

 

Count me as someone very excited to see a KP ran offense again!

 

Assuming Rudolph is still in pittsburgh it makes zero sense to start Pickett ahead of him... The best argument that can be made is Pickett was a 1st rd pick... The offensive players want Rudolph, most sane fans want Rudolph,,, so why would Tomlin keep trying to shove a square in a round hole???

 

You are really asking why Mike Tomlin would be stubborn and try putting a square peg in a round hole? Really?

 

True. But it was portrayed as a 3 way competition. That's kind of my point. There really is no competition when you already know what you're gonna do.