Steelers’ Artwork Rooney II: Aaron Rodgers ‘headed in our route’

There’s optimism in Pittsburgh that four-time NFL Most Precious Participant Aaron Rodgers will quarterback the Steelers in 2025.

Workforce proprietor Artwork Rooney II instructed reporters Tuesday on the NFL annual assembly in Palm Seashore, Fla., that there are indicators that Rodgers, a free agent, will signal with the Steelers.

“We hold listening to that he is, I assume, headed in our route,” Rooney stated. “And in order that appears to [mean] all indicators are constructive to this point.”

Among the many indicators are a gathering with the Steelers in addition to a throwing session at UCLA with newly acquired extensive receiver DK Metcalf.

Rodgers has been weighing his choices for subsequent season since his launch by the New York Jets final month. Rooney implied the group hasn’t run out of endurance and can proceed to attend on Rodgers.

“Not perpetually, however a short while longer,” he stated.

Russell Wilson and Justin Fields have been the starters in Pittsburgh final season and each signed free agent offers to play in New York — Wilson with the Giants, Fields with the Jets.

Quarterbacks at present on the roster are Mason Rudolph, a former Steeler who’s returning after a season with the Tennessee Titans, and Skylar Thompson, the previous Miami Dolphins backup.

Rodgers handed for 3,897 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2024, coming back from a season-ending Achilles harm suffered in his first recreation with the Jets in September 2023.

The ten-time Professional Bowl choice ranks fifth in league historical past in landing passes (503) and seventh in passing yards (62,952).

–Area Degree Media