Mason Rudolf’s tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers has come to an end. Many will remember his Steelers career from the one play when Rudolf was was hit with his own helmet by the Browns defensive end, Myles Garrett. Garrett ripped the helmet off the Steelers quarterback & then used it as a weapon. Rudolf did save the Steelers’ Christmas last season being called in to play the last 3 games of the season to steer the Steelers ship to the post-season. Now Rudolf is moving on from the team that drafted him and signing with the Titans on a 1 year deal worth 3.6 million of which 2.7 million is guaranteed. Rudolf will be the back up quarterback in Tennessee. If he somehow finds himself in the starting role, he could land some bonus money.

I’m not sure what the Steelers were thinking last season as Mason Rudolf was the third string quarterback. Rudolf is better than most back ups in the NFL. The Steelers starting quarterback was Kenny Pickett who was drafted in the first round 20th overall in the NFL 2022 draft. The Steelers went out and signed Mitch Trubisky, originally thinking he would be the starter for the team. Trubisky served as a bridge gap quarterback but did not play very well and Pickett was sent into action his rookie season. Rudolf would not get one snap in 2022 as he was lost in the shuffle because Pickett played pretty well his rookie season. Last year, Pickett did okay. The Steelers offense was not scoring enough points, but they were winning close games. Pickett would get hurt. Trubisky came in as the second option and he did not do well. Pickett would come back from injury and the offense was still dormant. The only time the Steelers offense came alive and scored points was when Rudolf started. He started three games and won them all. During those 3 games, he threw for 719 passing yards with 3 touchdown passes and no interceptions. The Steelers made the playoffs, went to Buffalo, and lost in the very first round.

Mason Rudolf was drafted in 2018 in the 3rd round out of Oklahoma State University. In 2019, Mason started 8 games and the Steelers were 5-3 in those starts. Rudolf would not get more than one start until last season. Rudolf has played in 21 games in his career of which 13 of them have been starts. His record as a starter is 8-4-1. His career stats he has completed 63.5% of his passes and has tallied up 3,085 yards with 19 touchdown passes with 11 interceptions. Not sure Rudolf picked a good time to leave Pittsburgh as the Steelers signed Russell Wilson who has not played very well the last few seasons. They traded Kenny Pickett to the Eagles. They released Mitch Trubisky as he landed back in Buffalo. He goes to the Titans as Will Levis will be going into his second season. The Titans still have Malik Willis, a 3rd round pick by Tennessee in 2022. Willis is not very good which is the biggest reason why they drafted Levis. So you would have to think and I’m sure Rudolf has been promised the back up job with maybe a slight chance of earning the starting nod. I would think he has a bad taste in his mouth being buried at the QB 3 on the roster for the last few seasons in Pittsburgh. Playing in those last 3 games in Pittsburgh justifies him as a back up, and a guy that can win some games if your starter goes down. You have to think Rudolf is licking his chops right now. Like a hunter being patient and waiting for his chance. We know he is better than Willis. If Levis has the typical sophomore jinx or gets hurt, Rudolf could be the song of Music City. Then for the receivers, he would have to throw in DeAndre Hopkins. The Titans just signed Calvin Ridley to a monster deal. Two big time play makers. Which would make any quarterback smile like the Joker. Rudolf once again may go down in history.