The preseason rookie tale of the tape compared statistics of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ top three draft picks plus Joshua Dobbs and their contemporaries selected by other teams in the 2018 NFL draft. A rookie update was provided four games into the regular season.
Here is a comparison to their counterparts with one half of the regular season completed:
QUARTERBACK
Here we see Mason Rudolph and Joshua Dobbs compared against the five quarterbacks selected in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft:
Passing stats through week 8 of the regular season (stats via Pro Football Reference):
| Name | G | GS | Snaps | Snap % | Cmp | Att | Cmp % | YDs | TDs | INTs | Sack | Y/C | Y/G | Rating |
| Josh Dobbs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0. |