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Mason Rudolph

Steelin said:
I played tackle football with the boys at lunch through sixth grade. We moved to another town for seventh grade. On the first day of school I walk out after lunch and ask the guys "So where do you play football at lunch?" The response? We dont play football at lunch. In shock and horror I said "What do you do then?!?" Oh I dont know stand around and talk. I'm like there's a great stretch of grass over there. Come on let's play! Nah, they werent interested in playing football with me. ;) Their girlfriends all hated me lol.

I had two younger brothers and was the toughest kid on our block. Even tougher than Billy Pierce.
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The reason I was so formidable? I was 5'6" in fourth grade. I was the 2nd tallest kid in my grade school which had 1500 students. They called me too tall lol. You know how tall I am today? 5'6" I stopped growing. The boys started catching me in 8th or 9th grade.
 
Watching Masons interview after the game on YOUTUBE. Kid has a great sense of humor....Speaks well & says he has a CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER..
 
Tougher than Billy Pierce! Whoa....that's tough. (Who is Billy Pierce?)
 
xjx said:
Tougher than Billy Pierce! Whoa....that's tough. (Who is Billy Pierce?)
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You remember that big Jim Walker?
He's a pool shootin' son of a gun
Yeah, he big and dumb as a man can come
But he stronger than a country hoss
And when the bad folks all get together at night
You know they all call big Jim boss, just because
And they say

You don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim

Well Billy Pierce was Jim's older cousin.
 
<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Throwback to when Mike Tomlin was at Mason Rudolph’s pro day! &#55357;&#56834; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Steelers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Steelers</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ltv46nH6GQ">pic.twitter.com/Ltv46nH6GQ</a></p>— Blitzburgh (@Steel_Curtain4) <a href="https://twitter.com/Steel_Curtain4/status/1175515602175311872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>
 
Steelworth said:
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Tibs said:
<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Throwback to when Mike Tomlin was at Mason Rudolph’s pro day! �� <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Steelers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Steelers</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ltv46nH6GQ">pic.twitter.com/Ltv46nH6GQ</a></p>— Blitzburgh (@Steel_Curtain4) <a href="https://twitter.com/Steel_Curtain4/status/1175515602175311872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>
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That's awesome. Go Mason!
 
Do they finally pull out the pony back field this week and give him plenty of short routes? and oh btw,, maybe they throw more to The TE.
 
Steelin said:
Why does everyone say he cant throw it down the field.? Those highlights seem to indicate that he can.
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Rudolph was in a wide open system playing against teams with basically no defense. If you watch those throws some of them are horrible but the WRs bails him out. Just like last week when he missed the WR by 5 feet. But the WR made a great catch. On long passes you have to be precise. You can't throw it up like you can in college. Go look at highlights of Landry Jones. He played in the same conference. Mason needs exactly what Fichtner did last week. Underneath passes with quick strikes. An occasional play action pass. The play action works now. Not because of how great the running game is but because teams are thinking the Steelers will run more with a new QB. So you exploit that.
 
Steelin said:
Why does everyone say he cant throw it down the field.? Those highlights seem to indicate that he can.
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Nobody said that
1. Ariana said they had it ready but didn't pull it out because they got behind? And 2. Let him have some options vs a team strong vs the run.
 
Vader said:
Rudolph was in a wide open system playing against teams with basically no defense. If you watch those throws some of them are horrible but the WRs bails him out. Just like last week when he missed the WR by 5 feet. But the WR made a great catch. On long passes you have to be precise. You can't throw it up like you can in college. Go look at highlights of Landry Jones. He played in the same conference. Mason needs exactly what Fichtner did last week. Underneath passes with quick strikes. An occasional play action pass. The play action works now. Not because of how great the running game is but because teams are thinking the Steelers will run more with a new QB. So you exploit that.
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Ok I just watched again and i dont see many horrible passes. I have big hopes for this kid. Hes definitely competitive!
 
Steelin said:
Ok I just watched again and i dont see many horrible passes. I have big hopes for this kid. Hes definitely competitive!
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Which is why I said "some" not "many". On that highlight film I see several poorly thrown balls that the WRs either has to wait for or make a very difficult catch because of where the ball is placed. I'm not saying he is a horrible long distance passer. But he does have some accuracy issues at times. If you want to really see how a player looks go watch entire games that are focused on him. youtube is full of them. I watched Mason some in college but not a ton. Plus he was in a wide open system just like Jones. Those guys are hard to evaluate because the scheme gets wide open WRs.
 
Vader said:
Which is why I said "some" not "many". On that highlight film I see several poorly thrown balls that the WRs either has to wait for or make a very difficult catch because of where the ball is placed. I'm not saying he is a horrible long distance passer. But he does have some accuracy issues at times. If you want to really see how a player looks go watch entire games that are focused on him. youtube is full of them. I watched Mason some in college but not a ton. Plus he was in a wide open system just like Jones. Those guys are hard to evaluate because the scheme gets wide open WRs.
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I noted your reluctance to go all in with the usage of "some". I wasnt calling out any one comment, only wondering since I'd seen several posters question hos arm strength.
 
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