Steelers coach Mike Tomlin announced Monday that Mason Rudolph will be the team’s starting quarterback against the Bengals on Saturday instead of Mitchell Trubisky.
The team’s starting quarterback, Kenny Pickett, has been out of action since undergoing surgery on a high ankle sprain he suffered in a Week 13 loss to the Cardinals. Since then, Trubisky has been the starter under center, but Pittsburgh’s offense has ranked among the worst in the NFL in that span.
Pittsburgh (7–7) has gone 0–3 and scored just 41 points since Trubisky took the reins. In his five appearances on the year, Trubisky has thrown for 632 yards and four touchdowns to five interceptions while completing 62.6% of his passes.
