Prior to the start of training camp, many believed that the Pittsburgh Steelers QB competition was a two-man race between Mitch Trubisky and rookie Kenny Pickett with incumbent Mason Rudolph more likely a trade candidate than an actual contender to win the job.
Fast forward to the completion of the first four practices, and Rudolph has been the best of the three, completing nearly 69% of his passes for 181 yards (5.7 YPA), 4 TDs, and 0 INTs with 8.2 YPC according to the charting done by Alex Kozora on-site in Latrobe for training camp. He has received praise from Chase Claypool and Matt Canada, being called the most accurate QB thus far in camp and a real contender to be Pittsburgh’s starting QB come Week 1 against the Cincinnati Bengals.