Our first “Madden Monday” podcast of 2021 looks at the Steelers of 2022. Could they really open up that season with Mason Rudolph at quarterback?
In the wake of Sunday’s performance against the Cleveland Browns, Mark Madden seems to think so.
Madden isn’t saying that’s what he’d do. But he’s getting the sense that’s what the Steelers will do.
“I thought he did OK,” Madden said of Rudolph’s 315-yard performance Sunday. “I won’t go any better than OK. But when I consider the way the Steelers do things, I bet he starts at quarterback for a year or two.”
“They aren’t going to go after a quarterback which is what I would do. Like a Sam Darnold (New York Jets) or somebody (else) that didn’t cut it after being a high draft pick. So since they won’t do that, they are going to draft a guy. They haven’t drafted him yet. So whoever they do draft, whether it’s next year or the year after — whenever Ben Roethlisberger retires — I bet Rudolph has to start for a year or two.”
Not that Madden is optimistic about that scenario.
“I don’t think (Rudolph) will do very well when he does start. But I think that is how it will work out.”
Source: Mark Madden on Mason Rudolph: ‘I bet he starts at quarterback for a year or two’ | TribLIVE.com
