PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph finds it all a little ironic.
Once scrutinized for throwing the deep ball too often and not developing accuracy with intermediate-level passes, now he hears the loud calls coming from outside the team’s building to air it out more.
“You guys can say we're not throwing it deep all you want, but sometimes that's football, take what’s there,” said Rudolph, who’s averaging just 3.3 air yards per completion, the lowest since 2006 for any quarterback with 50 completions. “I mean, I love throwing the ball deep.