The Pittsburgh Steelers knew what they were doing when they dressed Kenny Pickett as Mason Rudolph’s backup quarterback. They did it for the finale with their season on the line. Then they took it a step further and did it again for a playoff game.
Rudolph opened the season, for the second consecutive year, as the Steelers’ third-string quarterback behind Pickett and Mitch Trubisky. That he started a playoff game in a healthy quarterback room, Mina Kimes believes, speaks volumes.
“I would actually be encouraged as a Steelers fan that they stuck with Rudolph [over Pickett at quarterback] even though it obviously didn’t translate into playoff success,” she said on NFL Live on Tuesday.