Daily Bullets (May 16)

Bedlam in the Pros

A TulsaWorld columnist made the argument that Mason Rudoph could start for Pittsburgh before Baker Mayfield does for Cleveland.

Ben Roethlisberger is a 36-year-old quarterback who has fought knee, shoulder, head, foot, hand, finger, thumb and rib injuries. And that’s since he got out of bed and stretched.

I’m on record as predicting Rudolph will supplant Landry Jones as Roethlisberger’s backup. If he doesn’t, something has gone wrong.

The Steelers drafted Rudolph one year after drafting quarterback Josh Dobbs to unseat Jones. That is admitting a terrible mistake, and also believing that Rudolph can fix that mistake.

So it’s a race, then: Does Roethlisberger get hurt before…