{"id":49580,"date":"2025-05-20T02:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T02:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49580"},"modified":"2025-05-20T02:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T02:50:56","slug":"breaking-mason-rudolph-speaks-out-on-steelers-aaron-rodgers-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49580","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Mason Rudolph Speaks out on Steelers\u2019 Aaron Rodgers Pursuit.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1172678531.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1172678531.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1172678531.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1172678531.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Mason Rudolph\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"621\" data-img-load-time=\"1264\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph addressed the team&#8217;s quarterback situation entering offseason workouts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NFL analysts wondered during the draft if the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0received reassurance from quarterback\u00a0Aaron Rodgers\u00a0that he would sign with the team. That would explain why the Steelers didn\u2019t select a quarterback until the sixth round. But if the Steelers have received any kind of guarantees from Rodgers, they haven\u2019t shared them with fellow quarterback\u00a0Mason Rudolph.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph explained to Steelers insider Mark Kaboly on Sunday that he has no inside information about Rodgers or any other signal-caller the team could pursue this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t had any contact with any potential quarterback they might bring in,\u201d\u00a0Rudolph told Kaboly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever they bring in and whoever it is will determine \u2026 I learned a long time ago that the financial compensation will tell you what\u2019s going to go down in terms of the depth chart,\u201d Rudolph added. \u201cI get it. All I can do is keep having a good spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake the most of every rep. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve done my whole career. I am confident that I will be able to play well and win games when my name is called.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers drafted Rudolph in the third round of\u00a0the 2018 NFL Draft. After one year with the\u00a0Tennessee Titans, the Steelers brought back Rudolph on\u00a0a two-year, $7.5 million contract this offseason.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers\u2019 Mason Rudolph in Similar Situation as 2022<\/h2>\n<p>Interestingly, Kaboly compared the situation Rudolph is currently in with Pittsburgh to where he was with the team three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0Will Howard\u00a0and\u00a0Skylar Thompson the two other signal-callers on Pittsburgh\u2019s roster, Rudolph is QB1 on the team\u2019s current depth chart. Rudolph also entered the 2022 offseason as the team\u2019s projected starting quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>That quickly changed, though, after free agency and the draft. The Steelers signed\u00a0Mitch Trubisky\u00a0and then drafted\u00a0Kenny Pickett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis business hardens you, and I have been through that before,\u201d\u00a0Rudolph told Kaboly. \u201cI thought I had a shot in 2022, then all of a sudden they brought in Mitch and Kenny. I\u2019ve been through that before, and you have to keep working and stay the course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The difference this year is how the Steelers have approached Rudolph\u2019s situation. Although he sits at the top of the depth chart, the Steelers haven\u2019t publicly endorsed Rudolph as the team\u2019s starter like in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Kaboly wrote Rudolph agreed to return to Pittsburgh without any assurances of his place on the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph dressed for just one game in 2022. But with Pickett injured during December 2023 and Trubisky struggling, Rudolph finally received an opportunity to play. He led the Steelers to three consecutive wins to end the 2023 regular season.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Rudolph Shares Aaron Rodgers Story<\/h2>\n<p>With uncertainty surrounding the team\u2019s quarterback depth chart, it would be natural for Rudolph to want the Steelers to avoid signing the four-time MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Without Rodgers, Rudolph has a much better chance of starting in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>But the veteran quarterback, who will turn 30 in July, spoke highly of Rodgers to Kaboly. Specifically, Rudolph shared a story about how Rodgers offered him support after a preseason game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a rough, early outing, and he came over and said hello and offered some words of encouragement and motivated me to keep working hard,\u201d\u00a0Rudolph said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen a lot. He went out of his way to say hello to me, and that was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph posted\u00a0a 1-4 record as a starter with the Titans last season. But in five seasons with the Steelers, Rudolph went 8-4-1.<\/p>\n<p>During 2023, Rudolph completed 74.3% of his passes and averaged 9.7 yards per attempt with three touchdowns and zero picks in four games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph addressed the team&#8217;s quarterback situation entering offseason workouts. 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