Mason: I was brought here to be QB of the Steelers

He has to get up the depth chart to #2 beating out Dobbs, and then show he can be #1 when Ben goes down. It's a good thing. He's not handed the franchise QB position.

And utilizing the 3rd round on him last year, he's not that big of a deal if he doesn't turn out as the Franchise QB. Need a good franchise QB in this league anymore.

 

The kid reminds me of a young Ben in a lot of ways. Mason is very confident. I like it. It will be very interesting to see if Mason can overtake Dobbs for the backup spot in 2019.

 

Like his confidence but calm down for now. At least win the backup job first.

 

Yea shut up Mason.. Don't suck in the preseason against back up defenses first let's start with that.. Everybody on this team just needs to shut up

 

Is Ben the next OC?
haha

 

Seems confident. Can’t wait to see him in Pre season. Hopefully he is light years better than Dobbs. We might have another good one if that’s the case

 

Seriously, your going to complain about that. The kids comments were good.

 

If he can't beat out Dobbs in the preseason then what did they draft him for? That and they are going to extend Ben for 3 to 5 more years, in which I feel is to long. But the Steelers know what they are doing

 

I am not surprised by anyany of the concerns being voiced about young Mason at all. For that matter, I am even less surprised that people are using his collegiate conference plus three preseason games to dictate his futute. If Big XII Quarterbacks are to have little success, then Patrick Mahomes should not even be laughably close to being an NFL MVP.



Granted, Mason Rudolph and Patrick Mahomes are two different Quarterbacks all together. The core difference is the situations they have been put in and development. Andy Reid's offense fits perfectly for Mahomes and then some; hence why that was a major reason the Chiefs sold quite the haul to acquire him. He still needed to sit a year to understand the NFL before ripping the leagues defense's a new one.




On the other hand, Mason does not need to be the savior at all in the upcoming season. Even better, Mason's development is augmented by the fact that he is learning behind a First Ballot Future HOF Quarterback; the exact opposite of what Patrick faced entering the league. If anything, Mason being brought slowly along will assist this team in the long haul as these lessons will pay off. Mason is the type of person who not only performs better but becomes better the more he is pushed. Seldom do rookie Quarterbacks have that trait. Mason does.



In short? Mason is projecting his confidence. For those of us that have payed attention during the preseason and watched his development, this should make us all hopeful for the future. If anything, his comments echo that of a rookie who is ready to showcase all that he has learned. His "coming of age" in the league if you will.




To those who think he was being "arrogant" and "cocky", again....

 

I’m rooting for him. I hope he can grab the #2 spot.

 

Kind of an obvious statement to me. Wouldn't expect him to say I was brought here to be the Left Tackle.

 

sure he wasn't responding to a fan from this board asking if he can play DB?

 

Everything the Steelers do at this point deserves to be criticized and complained about.. If Ramon foster goes to dunkin donuts I'm gonna criticize and complain that he didn't go to Krispy Kreme.. They deserve it

 

That’s the best post I’ve read in awhile. Everyone on this team needs to stfu and learn how their role, do their damn job first.

I thought I was going to feel better this week but every dam thing I watch is patriot this and that. Those douchebags are going to win another Super Bowl and it’s because our team was too busy cat fighting to do something.

 

Beating the Browns and the Raiders would have gone a long way to us getting someplace good.

 

Our backups should’ve beat them. Huge Jackoff was the Browns coach, the guy is 3/30 something wtf.

Be our QB stfu when you can’t even get on the field

 

I'd be all for giving him a few reps at CB. Couldn't be much worse than Burns was last season.

 

Some of the people on this board should too.... Shut up, that is.

Kid has confidence. What a terrible attribute for a QB.

 

As well as not blowing the game against the Chargers, Broncos and saints

 

Your

You must be a housewife who loves soap operas.. Which one is you're favorite.. General Hospital, young and the restless or days of our Steelers? Just curious

 

Get to #2 then your always one play away from playing. He needs to beat Dobbs for that spot.

I’d love to see Mason make that next step.