Mason Rudolph's road to recovery and back to the playing field has overcome perhaps its largest obstacle.
"He is our quarterback when he clears the protocol," coach Mike Tomlin told reporters earlier in the day. "It's that simple."
Steelers president Art Rooney also told NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport in his RapSheet & Friends podcast that the expectation was for Rudolph to start the next game, which is on the other side of the bye week on Monday, Oct. 28 at home against the Dolphins.
Rudolph took over for Ben Roethlisberger when the latter sustained a season-ending injury in Week 2. Rudolph started thereafter until an Earl Thomas hit against the Ravens in Week 5 sidelined him with a concussion. Devlin Hodges then became the third Steelers starting quarterback of the season.
