It certain appears as if the Pittsburgh Steelers are ready on four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers to make his resolution.
After being minimize by the Jets earlier this offseason, the 41-year-old quarterback is within the technique of mulling over his NFL future. Retirement is an choice, because it has been ever since his closing season with the Inexperienced Bay Packers. If he performs in 2025, although, it appears possible he finally ends up with the Steelers.
If Rodgers does resolve to hold up his future Corridor of Fame cleats, ESPN’s Adam Schefter feels the Steelers do have a second choice 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 remains to be beneath contract with the Atlanta Falcons (by means of 2027), however they’ve moved on to Michael Penix Jr. as their starter. If the Falcons resolve to commerce Cousins, and they need to definitely contemplate it, there’s just one extra group within the NFL that could possibly be in search of a starter proper now, and that is the Steelers.
That’s, in fact, if Rodgers would not resolve to go to the Metal Metropolis, in accordance with Schefter.
“The one choice there may be proper now for Kirk Cousins is the Pittsburgh Steelers,” Schefter said on his Tuesday podcast (h/t Bleacher Report). “And that is if Aaron Rodgers would not signal with Pittsburgh by his alternative. As a result of the Steelers are ready for Aaron Rodgers to signal on the dotted line. It feels like Aaron Rodgers goes to signal on the dotted line.”
Whereas Schefter does anticipate Rodgers to finish up with the Steelers, he did say that Cousins would turn into their major goal if the Packers legend decides to not play in 2025.
Notably, the Falcons should pay Cousins $27.5 million in 2025 in base wage alone, in order that they do have cause to attempt to commerce him. He is a extremely costly backup quarterback.
It is also value noting that Falcons basic supervisor Terry Fontenot did lately tackle the concept of buying and selling Cousins. Atlanta is open to that concept, or any thought actually, so long as the commerce is smart.
“We’re all the time affected person with these sorts of issues as a result of if one thing involves us with Kirk or every other participant that is smart and it’s going to assist this group, then we’re going to be aggressive and we’re going to do it,” Fontenot said on “Mad Canine Sports activities Radio” (h/t Pro Football Talk). And if it’s not one thing that’s going to finally assist this group, we all the time need to ask that query: Is it one of the best for the Atlanta Falcons or this group? And whether it is, we’re going to be prepared to do it. However all that communication is all the time ongoing.”
