Mason Rudolph was drafted with an eye towards the eventual retirement of long-time Steeler quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. But as much as fans wanted a true successor to Roethlisberger to be on the roster, they weren’t happy about Mason Rudolph, and don’t seem to be very happy about the prospect of him being given a real shot to be the Steelers quarterback in 2022.
Matt Canada was brought in as the quarterback coach in 2020 after the team was forced to play 2nd year quarterback Mason Rudolph and rookie camp phenom Devlin “Duck” Hodges and there were clear issues in those players’ readiness.