A Message to Mason Rudolph

it's all on your man Tomlin (well - he and Rooney) - he and the coaches need to look in the mirror - when they offer me $10 mil to come in and fix it, i will.

 

So it’s their fault you don’t know what you’re talking about.

 

I think it’s bad genetics coupled with a miserable existence for some of the posters

But I guess everyone can’t be as lucky as some of us or there wouldn’t be a bell curve

 

you are part of the narrative clown show, that is for sure

 

you two are the BAND Leaders

keep up the normalcy and it will ALL IMPROVE

clowns

government workers, obviously.

 

NEED MORE POPCORN!!!!!!!

 

I’ll be happy to take one of the titles of bandleader. For one good reason I listen to what the players say. You know those people that are actually on the field in the locker room etc? While you in the other hand live on fantasy island gnashing your teeth based on your speculation and poor observations.

 

Non productive member of society

And why do you keep hating on teachers police military

Shame on you

 

I got nothing wrong in my short post. It's not my fault some of y'all have lost touch with reality. I didn't even post about Pickett, but it is comical how some of you can't admit any of Rudolph's flaws. Somehow, the was a backup well into his sixth season, but y'all think he's an All-Pro. It's laughable.

I'm sorry that you can't admit Rudolph made a rushed, poor read and it led to a brutal interception. I don't doubt that he was the primary option, but he wasn't in position to catch the ball where it was thrown. Rudolph needs to see that happening and throw it away or so far to the outside that only Johnson can get it.

 

The fact that Rudolph was a backup going into this season says more about Tomlin and his ineptitude when it comes to overseeing the hiring of competent offensive coaches that know how to develop young quarterbacks than it does about Mason Rudolph. That’s why he’d better get this OC hire right or we’ll be looking at Pickett as a backup as he enters his sixth season.

 

you know exactly who I mean - the 'i don't care, give me my paycheck, results don't matter, give me my raise, gov't worker crowd'.

AKA - the Tomlinites........

 

The entire league passed on Rudolph this past offseason. It is laughable to say that just about Tomlin and assistant coaches, even more so for those who insist that the team should give up on Pickett, who is only finishing year two and spent them dealing with the same disadvantages.

 

Certainly not suggesting the Steelers should give up on Pickett. They should give him every opportunity to win the job in training camp and the pre-season. But he should have to WIN the job because he's not Ben and should not be anointed the starter going into camp. He's done NOTHING to earn that honor at this point but with a new OC maybe he'll show improvement. And Tomlin and his assistants buried Rudolph on the depth chart which certainly didn't help matters as Rudolph was testing the market. Tomlin also decided, in his infinite wisdom, to hire and retain arguably the worst OC in team history and one of the worst in NFL history. That hindered the development of every quarterback on the roster.

 

You keep saying this, but do you have proof that Rudolph did not receive any other offers from teams wanting him to come in to compete for their backup job / roster spot???

Just because Rudolph resigned with the Steelers, is no reason to assume there were no other offers on the table.

Some people go back to their former jobs, or keep their current jobs, just because they are comfortable, happy, or just good with life. Now if someone comes along and offers you 10 times what you are making now, you may go somewhere else and be a little uncomfortable.

 

There’s no offensive scheme that is going to work with a qb who can’t read the field, refuses to stay in the pocket, and is inconsistent with accuracy. Scapegoating Canada for all of the flaws that Kenny showed is just nonsensical to me. I’m not going to call the man a “bum”, but it’s certainly valid to question whether he’s starting caliber based on his play so far. A new OC isn’t going to magically fix those flaws.

Kenny is going to have to put in the work to get much better. The disheartening part for me is that we heard that he was putting in the work last year. All last offseason the talk was about how dedicated to watching film and learning Kenny was. He was such a film junkie that they gave him an office where he would watch and break down film with guys like Sullivan, Minkah, etc. It’s just hard for me to have faith in a guy who’s average physically, somewhat injury prone, and at 25 going on 26 still doesn’t have the basics down.

You're projecting. The facts clearly trouble you which is why you’re trying to discredit them. The fact is that Mason played better than Kenny. Your argument to dismiss that is garbage. We’ve seen Kenny against average to below average defenses and he’s never looked as good as Mason did in those 4 games. We saw him look pedestrian against the average titans D. He was pedestrian against the average Jags D. The Cards had one of the worst defenses in the league and we saw Kenny have many of the same struggles. “Bu bu he got hurt and didn’t play the whole game”. He was injured due to his own deficiency. He got himself hurt by unnecessarily trying to scramble on a play where he missed a wide open receiver.

MR is far from perfect and definitely still has some flaws, but the 4 games he played this year showed a clear improvement. He took a couple of sacks that he shouldn’t have but I’d much rather have a guy who stands in there even if at times too long trying to give the play and his receivers every chance, rather than a guy with average athleticism who’s easily shook and looks to bail if his first read isn’t immediately open.

I left out the blatant slandering of Mason to try and prop up Kenny. Not even worth addressing.

Kenny is older than Love. Pickett has 25 starts in his career, Love has 17. Love has obvious arm talent that Kenny doesn’t have. This was Love’s first year as a starter. Why are you citing clowns who were ready to give up on Love before he even got his chance? Why pretend that folk doubting Love before he got a real shot to prove himself is the same as folk analyzing Kenny after 2 seasons and 25 starts?

Look I’m not a #8 hater. If he’s the guy next year I’ll be behind him 100% wishing him luck and hoping for the best. As it is right now though, I’m not impressed with him nor am I confident he’s a long term solution. I see too many flaws without a whole lot of upside. I see a guy who’s average physically and maybe below average qb-IQ wise. He’ll have to improve dramatically to be the guy going forward. Can he? Maybe. Let’s hope so while being realistic about it all.

 

Proof? How about common sense? What sense would it make for Mason to turn down offers from other teams to come back as the 3rd guy in Pittsburgh? He clearly didn’t get offers from the other teams and it was even rumored that he fired his agent for lying and telling him that he was in demand.

 

yes but Kennys little hands might be hurting him too

 

all this Bickering and fussing. I sure hope The Steelers see how we fans feel and win a Superbowl soon.

 

We were looking for a nickname for Pickett earlier this season and I think I have one…

Kid Gloves Kenny. Fits for a couple of reasons. First, Tomlin seems to want to handle him with kid gloves by making it abundantly clear that he is still QB1 in spite of being soundly outplayed by Mason Rudolph and second…well, we won’t go there.

 

You do understand that at the beginning of training camp there are roughly 128 QB jobs available. (4 arms per team) People need to quit lying about Mason being passed on by all the other teams because they don't know sh!t.

I find it impossible to believe that "all" the other teams in the NFL did not make an offer to Mason Rudolph to come in to their camp and compete for a roster spot. Mason would have had to weigh the offers and ask himself, where is the best place for me to find a 53 man roster spot and not just be a camp arm.

 

The entire league passed on Rudolph because Tomlin had him as third string and buried and they assumed Tomlin had ability to gage QB play.

 

Aw hell!!!!!
Tomlin is actually playing chess!!!!
Fkd all those teams up.

 

Even Mason said he didn’t know if he would be playing football or selling Real estate but heck you know better

I am always amazed at your ability to ignore facts and chase a conspiracy in an alternative universe

 

Like THAT'S gonna happen!