For the first time since Week 14 of the 2022 season, Pittsburgh Steelers QB Mason Rudolph will be on the active list for tonight’s game against the New England Patriots. We can’t quite say that he will dress for the first time since then, because beginning in 2023, the third, emergency quarterback role was reinstated, allowing an inactive third quarterback to dress and come into the game if two quarterbacks ahead of him were to leave the game due to injury.
A former third-round pick in 2018 seen as a potential heir apparent, Rudolph’s career has gone steadily south, many arguing that he was never given a fair shot to take over for Ben Roethlisberger following his retirement last year.