For a time, Mason Rudolph and Josh Dobbs were the new kids on the block behind old timer Ben Roethlisberger. Drafted in consecutive classes, Dobbs was viewed as the athletic backup. Rudolph was viewed as the potential heir. My how times change.
Fast forward to 2024 and both are competing for backup jobs in different cities in different parts of the country. Rudolph departed this offseason, signing with the Tennessee Titans. Dobbs is on his 341st professional football team (that number might need fact-checked), the San Francisco 49ers his latest stop.
Saturday night, they met on the same field hundreds of miles away from Pittsburgh.