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Doug Gottlieb: "What is the usual MO of officials once you get to the playoffs?"
Mason Rudolph: "Well, I don't know if I can still get fined or not, since my season is over, as far as being critical of refs. But yeah, the third down play, I thought there was contact there. Credit the DB, he did a good job disguising it by pulling that hip low, and it's a hard thing to see when George Pickens is going 100mph. I think we had our opportunities and we shot ourselves in the foot at times, myself included with a turnover in the red zone. Any time you're in a venue like that in Buffalo with that crowd, playing a good team, you can't turn the ball over, and we did. There were a couple finicky calls down the stretch there when they had the ball to ice the game that could have gone either way, but like I said, we shot ourselves in the foot."
Steelers QB Mason Rudolph joins The Doug Gottlieb Show. The soon-to-be free agent QB discusses embracing the opportunity to start for the Steelers to close the season, leading the team to the final Wild Card spot in the AFC. Rudolph gives extensive insight and analysis on facing the Bills defense, as Buffalo prepares to face the Chiefs in the Divisional Round, and breaks down what moments and plays led to Pittsburgh's swift exit from the postseason.