{"id":321599,"date":"2026-11-05T09:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/321599\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T09:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:54:35","slug":"on-the-way-out-steelers-qb-floated-as-potential-trade-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/321599\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Way Out? Steelers QB Floated as Potential Trade Chip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/category\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8-21-2026-Steelers-v-Jets-7496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers QB Mason Rudolph\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph during a preseason game on Aug. 21, 2026. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pittsburgh Steelers have their quarterback for now. In Will Howard and rookie Drew Allar, Mike McCarthy\u2019s team might have the future ironed out, too. Which backup <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/mason-rudolph\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Rudolph<\/a> on an expiring deal, it\u2019s not certain that he\u2019ll be in the plans going forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler believes Rudolph could be traded before next Tuesday\u2019s NFL trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Steelers are more likely to bring in players at the deadline,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/50370030\/trade-deadline-team-preview-goals-buzz-players-deals-2026#pit\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"tpd-new-tab-hint\">Fowler wrote<\/a>. \u201cIn fact, I don\u2019t expect Pittsburgh to move anyone. But it has a surplus at quarterback, and should more quarterback injuries occur around the league, perhaps teams call on Rudolph with an attractive offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rudolph has appeared in three games for the Steelers this season, only throwing one pass. He made one start for Pittsburgh last season, trotting out in a road loss to the Chicago Bears as Rodgers nursed a fractured wrist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/11-16-2025-Steelers-v-Bengals-29511.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers QB Mason Rudolph\" class=\"wp-image-152818\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Nov. 16, 2025. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One veteran signal-caller has already been swapped before the deadline, with the Arizona Cardinals shipping Jacoby Brissett to the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rudolph has an 8-5-1 record as the Steelers starter, with most of those contests coming in 2019. Neither Howard nor Allar have played in a regular season clash to this point in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article:<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/mason-rudolph\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Rudolph<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph during a preseason game on Aug. 21, 2026. &#8212; Ed Thompson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[22365,73,75,74,1833,1829],"class_list":["post-321599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-mason-rudolph","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}