Rodgers is coming back

I don't get the hate on Mason. He is making peanuts, is a great team-mate and can play in a pinch.

Do I want him as a starter? No.

Valued backup? Yes.

i.e. Charlie Batch.

 

This has been explained repeatedly

 

I don't hate Mason at all. But I wouldn't call him a valued backup either. Maybe serviceable? I swear the whole offense just feels slower when he's in there.

Charlie Batch was a much better backup IMO.

 

With Rudolph I don't like or dislike the player. I think he loses credibility though with the contracts he signs. Before I speak about it, yes I would absolutely sign the same deal tomorrow. But I haven't spent my life training to do that job either and make nowhere near $1M per year.


MR signed his rookie extension for roughly 1yr/$5M. I don't think the Steelers have paid him much over $1M per season since that contract. Yet he keeps coming back rather than looking at FA for a bigger payday. I feel like that tells you his worth in the NFL.

Just for why I say this... The average salary for a backup QB ranges between $3M and $8M.

 

Its not hate for the player. Its just for many of us, we have seen enough of Mason to conclude he is not starter material. Having concluded that, why would you want to keep him around as the backup taking valuable reps away from the two young QBs?

 

The first statement isn't necessarily true. Cook looked okay at first, but seemed to get exposed more as time went on. There is no guarantee that Fautanu can make a successful switch to the left side. Did you see the Texans treat him like a turnstile in the playoff game?

Unless Dunker can be ready to start from day one, which is far from a sure thing as he makes the transition from tackle to guard, the Steelers have a couple of backup types as options to replace Seumalu at gured