The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are nonetheless ready on Aaron Rodgers. Nothing they did within the draft takes them out of the working for Rodgers. If something, they really feel extra locked onto Rodgers now than ever. And ESPN analyst Kevin Clark thinks that the Steelers are in bother if the four-time NFL MVP doesn’t signal with them.
“He has to,” Clark stated Monday on The Dan Patrick Present. “Artwork Rooney, the proprietor, a few weeks in the past in Palm Seashore on the house owners assembly, stated that that’s the expectation there. I don’t suppose Steelers possession actually talks out of flip.
“So, I assume that there’s indications that he’s coming. They’re screwed with out him. As a result of final week I heard among the insiders say, ‘Effectively, they’re actually comfy with Mason Rudolph.’ No person is comfy with Mason Rudolph. I knew that that was a inform that Aaron Rodgers might be coming.”
Insiders aren’t the one ones saying the Steelers are comfy with Rudolph beginning. Mike Tomlin has stated that himself. Whereas the Steelers are comfy with Rudolph as a result of they’re aware of him, there’s a purpose why they’re pursuing Rodgers.
With Rudolph beginning for your entire season, the Steelers may make the playoffs, however it’s powerful envisioning them profitable a postseason sport. Though Pittsburgh made the playoffs the final time Rudolph was its starter, that was a small pattern measurement. All through his profession, Rudolph has regarded extra like a succesful backup than a high quality starter.
If the Steelers’ quarterback place stays as is, they’ll doubtless discover themselves profitable extra despite their quarterback place than due to it in 2025. They’ve been down that street a number of occasions earlier than over the previous few years. That’s a part of the explanation they haven’t received a playoff sport because the 2016 season.
Rodgers may not be the identical participant he as soon as was, however he regarded somewhat extra like his previous self towards the top of the 2024 season. The Steelers have some stable items on offense, too. In the event that they signal him, they might discipline their greatest crew in years.
There’s no telling when Rodgers will make his resolution, although, leaving the Steelers are in a precarious place. In the event that they miss out on Rodgers, then they might pivot to Kirk Cousins. Nevertheless, buying and selling for him could be difficult. Taking up Cousins’ contract wouldn’t be superb, and the Steelers must half with draft capital to accumulate him.
