The Steelers\u2019 lack of action at the quarterback position this offseason can be viewed in two ways. Some believe it\u2019s a sign that Aaron Rodgers will eventually walk in that door. Others view it the opposite, and think the Steelers\u2019 2025 season may be doomed either way.<\/p>\n
After trading for and extending DK Metcalf, the Steelers have a great receiving duo between him and George Pickens. However, as of now, Mason Rudolph would be throwing them the ball. ESPN\u2019s Louis Riddick doesn\u2019t think that situation will end well.<\/p>\n
\u201cDK Metcalf and George Pickens, they come across as guys that are gonna take real kindly to a quarterback who can\u2019t get them the rock on a consistent basis, I think that\u2019s gonna bode well for their football team,\u201d Riddick said, sarcastically, on NFL Live on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Riddick\u2019s sarcasm aside, the point isn\u2019t a bad one. Pickens has made plenty of headlines for his play on the field. During his three years in Pittsburgh, he\u2019s also making some for the wrong reasons<\/a>. Metcalf isn\u2019t quite as polarizing, but he\u2019s also no stranger to outbursts during games.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh got itself a talented, yet temperamental receiving duo with these two. Everyone involved with the organization seems to believe in Rudolph<\/a>, but just how far can Rudolph take this roster? Riddick isn\u2019t hopeful for the Steelers\u2019 2025 season, to say the least.<\/p>\n \u201cMason Rudolph has played a role in this league for a long time,\u201d Riddick said. \u201cAnd he\u2019ll continue to play that role. But it\u2019s a role. They need a franchise quarterback. And now they\u2019ve painted themselves into a corner\u2026 You\u2019re looking at a real troubling season, I believe.\u201d<\/p>\n Rudolph is one of the more curious cases the Steelers have seen at the quarterback position. His largest stint as a starter came in 2018, when he started eight games for the Steelers. The Steelers won five of those games, but Rudolph put up pedestrian numbers, including an 82.0 passer rating. Statistically, his best stint came in the final three games<\/a> of the 2023 regular season, when Rudolph won all three and posted a much-improved rating of 118.0 during that stretch.<\/p>\n Then the playoffs came. Rudolph wasn\u2019t bad against the Bills, but the Steelers\u2019 31-17 loss shows how far their ceiling really goes with Rudolph. He had a chance in Tennessee in 2024 and won just one of the five games he started.<\/p>\n Rudolph is certainly a quality backup and one of the better ones in the league. If Aaron Rodgers doesn\u2019t eventually sign, though, the Steelers won\u2019t be improving on their traditional 10-7 record anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Steelers\u2019 lack of action at the quarterback position this offseason can be viewed in two ways. Some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[1586,7875,7,3239,560,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-14367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-espn-nfl-live","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-louis-riddick","12":"tag-mason-rudolph","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-pittsburgh","15":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","16":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","17":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114430846291985574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}