It all started Sunday with a phone call with Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, general manager Omar Khan and team president Art Rooney II. The trio of decision makers answered the former Seattle Seahawk’s trade request, and then Pittsburgh promptly extended the two-time Pro Bowler with a handsome new five-year, $150 million contract.

“A Steel City reunion: QB Mason Rudolph has agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal with $4.5 million to return to the Steelers, sources tell me and Ian Rapoport. Rudolph mulled multiple offers, including a return to the Titans, but was motivated to head back to Pittsburgh,” Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reported in a post on X, formerly Twitter.