Pickett ‘Fenced’ In: There are things you can’t write about Kenny Pickett? What?!

MASON RUDOLPH (File Photo by Courier photographer Brian Cook Sr.) As the Steelers’ new starting quarterback, Mason Rudolph reflected on the Black and Gold’s incredible 30-23 New Year’s Eve victory over the Seattle Seahawks. I was impressed with his “us as a team” mentali­ty instead of his having to stand at the postgame podium and make anoth­er series of excuses for another lackluster per­formance by a Steelers’ signal-caller. “He [Steel­ers wide receiver George Pickens] made big plays all day on third down and so did [wide receiver De­onte Johnson],” Rudolph said. “We knew that was our only shot to get into the tournament. Just so proud of the offensive line today. They carried us to the finish line.” Mason Rudolph has evolved into an NFL quarterback, something I never thought I would never see. If the Steelers’ regular first-string QB, Kenny Pickett, would spend a bit more time studying film instead of studying scripts preparing to film television commercials, then maybe, just maybe, he would be spotlight­ed as a game-changer as opposed to one of the three-and-out kings of the NFL. There have not been any Pickett-molas­ses-like starts by Mason Rudolph. The Steelers offense is beginning to function from a...