It certain appears as if the Pittsburgh Steelers are ready on four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers to make his choice.
After being reduce by the Jets earlier this offseason, the 41-year-old quarterback is within the strategy of mulling over his NFL future. Retirement is an possibility, because it has been ever since his closing season with the Inexperienced Bay Packers. If he performs in 2025, although, it appears probably he finally ends up with the Steelers.
If Rodgers does determine to hold up his future Corridor of Fame cleats, ESPN’s Adam Schefter feels the Steelers do have a second possibility at quarterback not named Mason Rudolph or Will Howard, who they chose out of Ohio State within the sixth spherical of the 2025 NFL Draft.
Kirk Cousins continues to be underneath contract with the Atlanta Falcons (by means of 2027), however they’ve moved on to Michael Penix Jr. as their starter. If the Falcons determine to commerce Cousins, and they need to actually contemplate it, there’s just one extra group within the NFL that might be searching for a starter proper now, and that is the Steelers.
That’s, in fact, if Rodgers would not determine to go to the Metal Metropolis, based on Schefter.
“The one possibility there’s proper now for Kirk Cousins is the Pittsburgh Steelers,” Schefter stated on his Tuesday podcast (h/t Bleacher Report). “And that is if Aaron Rodgers would not signal with Pittsburgh by his selection. As a result of the Steelers are ready for Aaron Rodgers to signal on the dotted line. It appears like Aaron Rodgers goes to signal on the dotted line.”
Whereas Schefter does count on Rodgers to finish up with the Steelers, he did say that Cousins would develop into their major goal if the Packers legend decides to not play in 2025.
Notably, the Falcons must pay Cousins $27.5 million in 2025 in base wage alone, in order that they do have purpose to attempt to commerce him. He is a extremely costly backup quarterback.
It is also value noting that Falcons common supervisor Terry Fontenot did lately deal with the thought of buying and selling Cousins. Atlanta is open to that concept, or any concept actually, so long as the commerce is sensible.
“We’re at all times affected person with these forms of issues as a result of if one thing involves us with Kirk or every other participant that is sensible and it’s going to assist this group, then we’re going to be aggressive and we’re going to do it,” Fontenot stated on “Mad Canine Sports activities Radio” (h/t Professional Soccer Discuss). And if it’s not one thing that’s going to finally assist this group, we at all times need to ask that query: Is it the very best for the Atlanta Falcons or this group? And whether it is, we’re going to be keen to do it. However all that communication is at all times ongoing.”
