Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was unambiguous in saying that Devlin Hodges would start for the team on Sunday against the New York Jets. When asked if he would be on a similar short leash to the one that got Mason Rudolph pulled in the game after he, too, threw four interceptions, the head coach said, “I don’t anticipate or plan for failure”.
But he does give his backup extra reps, or so says James Washington. The second-year wide receiver told Jacob Klinger of PennLive that Rudolph received reps with the first-team offense on Wednesday that he had not otherwise been getting.