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Paul Zeise: Is Mitchell Trubisky actually an upgrade over Mason Rudolph?

The "anybody but Mason Rudolph" crowd has to be happy today. They have to be jumping for joy that the Steelers signed (or, more accurately, came to an agreement with) free agent quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, who spent last season as Josh Allen's backup in Buffalo.

There has to be joy among that rather sizable camp that Trubisky will start training camp as the Steelers' starting quarterback and Rudolph will be back on the bench. Rudolph's popularity with Steelers fans was a lot higher when he was backing up Ben Roethlisberger, but once it became clear that he was in line to become the starter, he became public enemy Number 1 in these parts.

And that's when the "anyone but Mason" campaign began among fans and even many media members. It became almost a derangement syndrome that caused otherwise smart individuals to say and believe a lot of stupid things.

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