Steelers’ Mason Rudolph Preparing For First Playoff Game
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph on preparing for his first NFL playoff game.
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00:00 I mean, it's exciting, but absolutely, is it still fun?
00:06 Yes.
00:08 Yeah.
00:11 Last week, Saturday was a lot of fun,
00:13 even though it was a monsoon.
00:15 It was just fun to battle through those conditions
00:19 and come out with a victory.
00:20 And we're going to plan on--
00:24 we're going to try to put a plan together that
00:26 creates the same result this week.
00:28 So yes.
00:30 Mason, the last time you started in a postseason game,
00:32 I think, was the 2017 Camping World Bowl.
00:35 It's been a while.
00:36 I mean, is that kind of crazy to you,
00:38 that it's been such a long layoff between these postseason
00:41 starts?
00:41 And even though it was a long time ago,
00:43 are there any similarities in a college bowl game and NFL
00:47 playoffs?
00:47 I don't think so.
00:48 I understand the question.
00:50 But yeah, the Camping World Bowl is quite a few steps
00:57 down from what to expect this weekend, what we--
01:02 I experienced from the sidelines in Kansas City in '21.
01:07 So there's a different energy.
01:11 And it's exciting.
01:12 And I think we're not going to make it anything bigger
01:15 than it is.
01:16 Every single game in our season and in this league is huge.
01:21 So very excited, very grateful for the opportunity
01:24 that I was given a few weeks back.
01:26 And so I mean, I understand that it's a playoff game.
01:32 There's a little bit--
01:35 quite a bit more hoopla, I guess, that comes with that.
01:38 But we're going to stay in our lane of preparation
01:42 that we've stayed in and carried out the last few weeks
01:45 and execute and have a good week of prep.