Sometimes the closer you are to something, the less objective your view becomes. That is often the case in sports where fans tend to overestimate the level of interest other teams might have in their own team’s players. We’re all guilty of this at times. My favorite incarnation is the inevitable half-dozen rookie free agents every year who have no choice of surviving waivers to make it to the practice squad. For every one that gets claimed, another dozen or more do not.
It also applies to free agents, however, and seems to be happening with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mason Rudolph.