On Tuesday, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin announced that Devlin Hodges would start at quarterback on Sunday when the Steelers take on the Cleveland Brown. This sends Mason Rudolph back to the bench, at least for the time being. When Steelers beat writer Tim Benz asked Tomlin why he made the change, Tomlin leaned hard into the microphone, smirked and answered in the least Tomlin way possible.
“He has not killed us.”
There are going to be plenty of people out there, fans and media alike who will try to make this comment from Tomlin about Rudolph. But it really isn’t that complicated. Tomlin wasn’t implying that Rudolph had killed the Steelers. He was simply indicating Hodges has taken care of the football and not done anything to lose games based on a small sample size.
The last time the Steelers squared off with the Browns, Rudolph turned the football over four times. I think it’s safe to assume Tomlin is banking on Hodges not turning the football over like that.
What did you make of Tomlin’s comments? Was he taking a shot at Rudolph or was this simply about Hodges’ small body of work?
