Steelers Have Way Too Much Confidence in Mason Rudolph After Passing on QB in NFL Draft

The Pittsburgh Steelers' approach in the NFL Draft was head-scratching, to say the least. The selection of Notre Dame wide receiver Chase Claypool in the second round looks good on paper, but it doesn't fill a need.

Next, Pittsburgh -- despite rostering James Conner and Jaylen Samuels -- bizarrely nabbed Maryland running back Anthony McFarland Jr. with its first pick of the fourth round.

We have many questions, but the most significant is this: why did the Steelers add players to already-filled positions and not draft a quarterback?

Fans in the Steel City should be worried about the team's confidence in Mason Rudolph, who proved in 10 games last season that he isn't cut out to be a starting gunslinger in the NFL. It doesn't take a football whisperer to recognize that Rudolph finished 5-3 in 2019 because of Pittsburgh formidable defense.

For the year, the 24-year-old completed 62% of his passes for 1,765 yards, 13 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Those numbers become a lot worse when you consider the talent he was working with on offense.

Ben Roethlisberger has threatened to retire in the past. If he endures another injury-riddled campaign, it's feasible to think that he could call it quits after the 2020 season. Pittsburgh still doesn't have a successor lined up for the 38-year-old.

Drafting somebody like Jacob Eason or Jake Fromm in the middle rounds (or even finding a way to land Jalen Hurts!) would have been the smarter move for GM Kevin Colbert, but he foolishly passed on it. Now there's really no answer at the moment for life after Big Ben.