When the Pittsburgh Steelers moved up in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft to take Mason Rudolph out of Oklahoma State, they did so with the understanding that they were, for the first time in a decade and a half, taking a quarterback whom they viewed as having sincere potential to develop into their next starter.
Through the first two years of his NFL career, that has become more and more difficult to see, as he certainly had his highs and lows during his eight starts and 10 games played in last year following Ben Roethlisberger’s injury.