Are Steelers in ‘rush’ to signal Aaron Rodgers earlier than OTAs?
Pittsburgh Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger just lately campaigned for Aaron Rodgers to signal with the membership sooner reasonably than later in order that Rodgers may start working below head coach Mike Tomlin and offensive coordinator Arthur Smith earlier than the organized group actions portion of the offseason program will get underway on Could 27.
Throughout a Wednesday replace supplied on Bleacher Report’s YouTube channel, NFL insider James Palmer indicated Tomlin and Smith can be effective if Rodgers stays unsigned by means of the primary week of June.
“What we need to take a look at is obligatory minicamp,” Palmer defined, as shared by Troy Montgomery of Steelers Depot. “That is when he would most likely need to be there, and that is not till June 10-12. …Proper now, there’s not a rush to have him seem. They don’t seem to be upset if he does miss OTAs, to my understanding. However obligatory minicamp, that is one thing we most likely ought to regulate when it comes to the motion of Aaron Rodgers.”
As of Wednesday, the Steelers reportedly remained “optimistic that Rodgers will signal and be their starter” for at the very least the 2025 season. That night, the NFL confirmed that Pittsburgh will open the upcoming marketing campaign with a Week 1 matchup on the New York Jets on Sept. 7.
Noteworthy members of the NFL group, reminiscent of Professional Soccer Discuss’s Mike Florio and NFL Community’s Wealthy Eisen, famous that the league scheduling Pittsburgh to face Rodgers’ most-recent membership on the opening weekend of the season reveals there is a “sturdy indication” the league “believes” the 41-year-old would be the Steelers’ QB1.
In response to Alex Kozora of Steelers Depot, NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero mentioned throughout a Wednesday look on “The Wealthy Eisen Present” that he anticipates Rodgers “goes to finish up committing to play for the” Steelers and that the conclusion of this saga is “a matter of when, not if.”
The truth that longtime backup Mason Rudolph can be Pittsburgh’s starter if the membership needed to start making ready to play a sport this weekend has some satisfied the Steelers have a handshake settlement labored out with Rodgers.
As Pelissero mentioned, although, Rodgers is arguably the most important “enigma of the NFL.” Till the long run Corridor of Famer formally places pen to paper on a deal, outsiders can solely surprise what he is considering relating to his intentions for the 2025 season.
