Gerry DulacMay 21, 2026
Dulac expects the Steelers' offense to be more productive in 2026 under Mike McCarthy, believes Michael Pittman gives them a quality No. 2 receiver and Rico Dowdle is an improvement, and predicts Will Howard and Drew Uhler will split most preseason snaps while the team keeps Mason Rudolph and doesn't cut its third-round quarterback. They also think Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer, though not necessarily first ballot.
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What Gerry Dulac said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think it's safe to say 90 to 95% of the snaps in the preseason are going to be between, split between Will Howard and, Drew Uhler.
- Where it was said
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 2: Steelers Insider Gerry Dulac, Burrow’s Super Bowl Prediction, LeBron Laments Lakers’ Roster
- The original
- Hear the original
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- 1Mason Rudolph: a roster call with no direction stated“And so I don't see them moving on from Mason Rudolph either.”
- 2Michael Pittman to be 2nd on the depth chart“getting Michael Pittman, making the trade for him to pair with DK Metcalf, giving them now a reliable quality productive number two receiver”
- 3Drew Allar: a roster call with no direction stated“As a third round pick, they're not going to cut Drew Uhler... So they're not going to cut Drew Uhler unless he's a complete bust”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Rudolph: a roster call with no direction stated1 | Roster Spot Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Michael Pittman to be 2nd on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Drew Allar: a roster call with no direction stated3 | Roster Spot Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 2 roster spot calls and 1 depth chart call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Where this call stands in the room
Michael Pittman · 2026 season11 calls from 9 pundits between 1 and 3. Gerry Dulac said 2. the room's median is 2. not settled yet
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question. Where the dots land says where this take sits, not whether it is right — nothing here is settled yet. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
1Roster Spot CallsMason RudolphPittsburgh Steelers
Mason Rudolph: a roster call with no direction stated
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Depth Chart CallsMichael PittmanPittsburgh Steelers
Michael Pittman to be 2nd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Roster Spot CallsDrew AllarPittsburgh Steelers
Drew Allar: a roster call with no direction stated
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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