In a moment, Mason Rudolph went from clear-cut starter to obvious backup. The moment Aaron Rodgers phoned the Pittsburgh Steelers to inform them he intended to sign, a one-year contract worth up to nearly $20 million he officially signed Saturday, Rudolph was moved down the depth chart. Reacting to the news for the first time publicly ahead of yesterday’s Pittsburgh Pirates game, Rudolph shared his thoughts to the NFL’s worst-kept secret.
“I had a feeling they were going to bring somebody in,” Rudolph told The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s Kevin Gorman. “Obviously, Aaron was at the forefront of the conversation for a long time.