Mason Rudolph will be seeking out contact in his return to action

Steely McBeam

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On Monday night, Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph will return to action for the first time since suffering a concussion in Week Five against the Ravens. He won’t be shying away from contact; instead, he’ll be looking for it.

“My dad’s a linebacker, my brother’s a defensive end — a lot of times I wish I could have more contact in the game because I truly love it,” Rudolph said this week, via Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “That’s kind of the backyard player that I am. So I’m not going to be gun shy at all. If anything, I’ll be seeking it out, contact, earlier in the game to get the rust [off] and know what it feels like to get hit.”

Cornerback Joe Haden understands Rudolph’s desire to mix it up physically.

“Unlike a quarterback, we can hit in practice,” Haden said, via Adamski. “So just being able to run into people like that, you get a little more comfortable. Because some of it is just mental, too.”

Rudolph was knocked out with a hit to the head from Ravens safety Earl Thomas, and the failure of the team’s cart led to a horrible visual that entailed a clearly dazed and disoriented Rudolph being helped off the field.
 
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