One of the traits of a good leader is the ability to build up those who are under and around him. While the quarterback position isn’t formally ‘above’ any other position, there is a natural leadership element to it as the one who navigates the plays and is responsible for distributing the football.
And Mason Rudolph has really seemed to naturally flash those leadership qualities even before the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted him. One point of interest that I noted, for example, in his post-game press conference last night was that he deflected a praise-based question to the maligned running back group.