What Does a McCarthy Offense Look Like?

Judging by the interviews he just gave at the owner's meeting and maybe every interview McCarthy has had since he took the job, the Steelers future offense will not include Mason Rudolph. We are now getting into the whole "He Who Must Not Be Named" territory with Mason this offseason. Who was the last Coach, or staff member to say his name???


Funny, If I was Mason, I would be looking for a month-to-month lease.


It is crazy, that Mike McCarthy openly talked about the future of this team being Aaron Rodgers, Will Howard, or maybe even a Draft pick this year. Never mentioning "He Who Must Not Be Named".

 

MM always talking multiple plays at the LOS and having a intelligent QB knowing how and when to get into the best play..Mason has problems with the simple opposite call on a running play .. He has problems with 2 guys in the A gap blitzing he sends the RB to help seal the edge..I could go on , but MM has seen it on tape and Mason has no chance to make this Team...

 

If they do not draft a QB Mason will be on the team

If they do draft one depending on how high he is drafted and how well he plays in camp and preseason Mason may not

 

I believe this to a be pretty dang accurate opinion.

 

Well duh

Do you expect any less

 

Fair enough , but I fully expect a round 3 QB and that QB beats Mason out easily .. Or we still could sign another Vet who is great with film study and multiple play capable QB Mason is just a bad fit , he was thought of as a system QB , not what MM wants..

He wants a multiple guy he said so and he never mentions Mason as a possible starter a good mentor or anything , Mason is as good as gone ..

 

https://steelersdepot.com/2026/03/i...ve-drafted-will-howard-sooner-than-6th-round/

What he thinks about Howard how he would have drafted him higher and the big takes..
How Will needs to work on his footwork and how AR has started helping him with that..
On his 2 minute drill and how another year with AR could be good for him..

Another common theme no mention of Mason and what he is or could bring to the table .. Mason should get a jump start and start packing himself he can save a lot of dough ...

 

We hired MM when we decided ARod was our QB of the future.

 

What's he going to say??
It sucks, and pretty much the same $hit??
Name me a time , and I won't even mention other teams, but a time when a new coach, not even a HC came in , and we didn't hear this from a player. I can show you when Canada came in player saying the same. Freaking Canada. LoL

 

Welp, the Steelers are well on their way to making it look like something ....

(sidenote; kinda interesting how much BAL spent on offense considering they have a defensive minded HC, CLE & CIN no surprises there)

 

He will still whine about Tomlin

St least until he finds something negative on Google or SteelersDepot about McCarthy and the Steelers that he can cut and paste

 

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"The foundational tenets, however, remain the same. Rodgers described it as “the only offense in the league — maybe I’m missing somebody running something somewhere — that still has West Coast principles in it. I’ve seen it all and can run this offense really well. At my age, I beat teams with my mind.”

Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy have rekindled a relationship that lasted 14 years in Green Bay.
He’ll get no argument from Smith, the Steelers’ offensive coordinator in 2025, who was blown away by Rodgers’ skills — “His arm is as good as anyone his age, ever” — and savvy.

“Watching him throw the football,” Smith said, “was like watching Jimmy Page play the guitar.”"

 

Until the team consistently attempts passes over about 4 yards aside from go balls down the sideline to DK...I'm not buying anything anyone is selling.

MM can want to run whatever he darn well pleases, but Rodgers has to demonstrate he can run something beside the old man offense.

All QBs end up eventually running a version of it. What remains to be seen is if Rodgers can run something else.

 

There are a lot of valid points here. I think Tomlin's total lack of discipline played a role, he was more interested in a love affair with the players than being a coach.

It used to drive me crazy when the defense was all yelling at each other and pointing wildly like chickens with their heads cut off at the snap of the ball.

 

So is Ben saying this offense with Moe Larry Curly and Shemp is better than he was

Because he didn’t put up 30 every game

 

Mostly it’s just Ben Babble while he tries to stay relevant