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Pittsburgh Steelers' head coach Mike Tomlin discusses the decision to start Mitch Trubisky over Mason Rudolph against the New England Patriots.
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00:00 Because he gets the most work.
00:01 You can't give work to three guys to be quite honest with you.
00:07 Most of Mason Rudolph's work comes on scout team offense.
00:12 And so Mitch has been positioned to get the work.
00:15 >> How do you address the emergency third quarterback situation going into third?
00:19 Do you look to add from outside the organization as an insurance?
00:22 What do you do there?
00:23 >> We'll address that here in the next 24 hours.
00:25 We got options there, certainly.
00:26 >> Do you have a best case, worst case timetable for Kenny?
00:31 >> They'll always come out of the OR with some information in that regard.
00:36 And I'm just not privy to it as I sit here today.
00:39 And that's why I framed it the way that I framed it.
00:41 Rest assured he won't be available this week.
00:43 Yeah, he has an outgoing and welcoming personality.
00:46 He's a good communicator.
00:48 He's been a franchise quarterback before.
00:50 He's comfortable in those shoes.
00:52 He doesn't behave like a backup that's being elevated.
00:56 I think those are things that make him attractive.

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