The Pittsburgh Steelers are sticking with Mason Rudolph at quarterback as they travel to Buffalo this weekend to take on the hot-streak Bills in the playoffs wild card round.
“Much like in the spirit of which we did a week ago, we’re just simply staying with the hot hand and not disrupting the apple cart,” Mike Tomlin said in his press conference on Tuesday.
“We’ve been in some tough circumstances. He’s delivered, we’ve delivered. So, we will continue in that vein.”
While Kenny Pickett was the season-long starter, availability is the best ability, and that’s essentially what allowed Rudolph to shine after Pickett’s ankle injury.
After an unsuccessful go with Mitch Trubisky, Rudolph took over and outperformed not only Trubisky but Pickett. Pittsburgh is finally putting up points, something it struggled with until recent weeks.
In three starts, Rudolph has put up 719 yards and three touchdowns. Perhaps the most important factor is taking care of the football. He’s not turned the ball over in 74 attempts.
