The Steelers kicked off 2025 in the middle of a full-blown quarterback crisis—no clear starter, no real direction. Fast forward, and things flipped quicker than a Hail Mary hits the end zone. Aaron Rodgers is now in town, here to (hopefully) end the postseason drought. Right behind him? Mason Rudolph , the ex-Steeler with seven years of NFL miles on him. Sure, Skylar Thompson and Will Howard are in the room, but Rodgers and Rudolph are locked in as QB1 and QB2.
Which begs the question: if Rodgers goes down, can Rudolph carry the load? Mark Kaboly thinks so: “ If Aaron Rodgers gets hurt again on play one or two, I think they can still win 9–10 games with Mason as your starting quarterback ,” he said. The logic tracks if we’re being real. Rudolph spent his first six years in