Since the end of the 2022 NFL Draft, it has been stated on numerous occasions that the battle to become the Pittsburgh Steelers starting QB will be between Mitch Trubisky, Mason Rudolph, and Kenny Pickett. Still, while Pickett has been running with the third team offense as he adjusts to the NFL after coming out of college and Trubisky adjusts to a new environment after coming over as a backup in Buffalo last season, the three-man QB race has been painted more as a battle between Pickett and Trubisky with Rudolph not getting any love at all.
This can be expected somewhat as Trubisky and Pickett are the shiny new toys, brining that optimism and sense of the unknown at the QB position where Steelers fans already have seen Rudolph play and know what he is and what his isn’t.