If there has been one thing about the backup quarterback position for the Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason, it has been that the team has maintained that the competition is wide open, and will remain ‘open’ for the foreseeable future.
While this is a sort of platitude that often gets trotted out, it certainly seems as though they have been really beating the point home this year, during the expected second-year improvement we have seen in Mason Rudolph. And I can’t help but wonder if it’s designed as a message to send to the young quarterback.