Mason will get his shot in camp, but it would seem that the Steelers know what they have in him, being on the roster for multiple years.
Just like the rest of us, in our line of work, those in the NFL play for a paycheck. The only difference between them and us is the size of the check.
How much of a shot will he really get? Foster said on his show that team periods in camp are broken down into sets of 12 plays. QB1 usually gets 5 plays. QB2 gets 4. And QB 3 gets gets 3. Or, if QB4 is showing something, you get: QB1 (4), QB2 (4), QB3 (2) and QB4 (2). Not a lot of meat on the bone for QBs 3 and 4. And you better believe Pickett is going to eat up his fair share of those 12 snaps no matter where they have him actually listed on the depth chart during the Summer.
Nope. Sure won't. My point was that he's not going to be able to "compete" for the job like some folks think he is. Basically because everything the Steelers have done this offseason says they don't really want him to compete. They gave him a bump in salary last year to keep him around in case they weren't able to upgrade the position. Now that they have (in their minds), he's expendable unless there's an injury in camp.
If Pittsburgh decides to hold onto his salary through training camp and another team's QBs start dropping due to injuries you never know. I mean didn't everyone have that "first round grade" on him.
He will have moments to change that perception. But yeah those moments better come with mind changing play.
He could ask out if he loses the job. It wouldn't be shocking. For him to be let go I think Mitch and Pickett have to beat him out. Which isn't out of the realm of a possibility.
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I think Marsha Rudolph will always be remembered as the guy that got his a*s beat by Myles Garret, got benched in favor of a 3rd string, and was of the misguided belief that he had what it takes to be a HOF QB's heir apparent.
Picket has already beat him out and if Trubisky doesn't that is pretty disapointing
Never said they wouldn’t move on from him but I wouldn’t expect it anytime soon. I personally wouldn’t see anything happen until maybe until after a couple preseason games to see how things shake out. Also, what would it hurt for them to keep him around and carry 3 QB’s? Tribusky is already on a very team friendly deal and Pickett won’t hardly count against the cap considering his position. I would also be fine with bringing him along slowly and don’t feel we need to rush him out there. My guess would be Tribusky wins the job with Rudolph backing him up and Pickett being game day inactive unless Pickett lights it up in training camp and preseason then it changes everything. I would just temper my expectations for a rookie QB.
Pickett has not beat anyone out.
Follow the money. He is gonna get cut?
Yeah cut the guy for a bad QB from SDSU... But Tomlin and the Steelers brass making the team weaker would not surprise me at all.
