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Steelers' Mason Rudolph acts like a starting QB -- now he must play like one

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph laughed when he heard the nicknames.

Big Time. Young Dolph. East Coast Pretty Boy.

Two lockers over in the Steelers' practice facility, backup quarterback Devlin Hodges turned toward the laughter.

"Who calls you that, Mase?"

Rudolph, looking every bit a quarterback out of central casting at 6-foot-5 with a strong jaw and dimpled chin, shook his head and told Hodges they were names given to him by his upperclassmen friends at Oklahoma State.

Then Rudolph turned back and nodded his head, acknowledging the names.