For as long as Mason Rudolph was with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the offensive coordinators were Randy Fichtner and Matt Canada. While Arthur Smith still has a lot to prove in this tenure with the Steelers, he has a much better track record than either of his two predecessors. In just one month of learning Smith’s system, Rudolph can already tell he is going to like it.
“He loves to run the ball,” Rudolph said via Kaboly + Mack on YouTube. “That’s his philosophy is pound it, play-action, and then he’s got a lot of similar dropback concepts we had in Tennessee that Brian [Callahan] brought from Cincinnati…Arthur’s more play-action, hunting chunks on the field, which is also something Mike T.