Even if second-year quarterback Kenny Pickett is able to return in Week 16 against the Cincinnati Bengals, veteran Mason Rudolph has moved ahead of former starting quarterback Mitch Trubisky on the depth chart, moving into the backup role on the latest depth chart released by the team Monday night.
Rudolph, who is expected to start Saturday against the Bengals at Acrisure Stadium, surpassed Trubisky for the backup job, pushing Trubisky into the No. 3 role and likely into the gameday No. 3 emergency quarterback role, too, which Rudolph held down all season long.
After pulling the plug on Trubisky as the starter in the fourth quarter last week against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 15, the Steelers are seemingly moving as far away as possible from him seeing the field, slotting him behind Rudolph on the depth chart.