Pittsburgh Steelers can face quite the dilemma if Aaron Rodgers does not connect them at the end of this weekend.
Rodgers murmons its options. He has interest from Steelers, New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings. At 41 years old he could also choose pension – disappear in a forest filled with ayahuasca – or decide to be worth Danger!
According to some, Steelers saw his best offensive with Justin Fields at the checks. When free agency opened, Fields joined a two -year contract worth $ 40 million with the New York Jets. Thirty million of that deal is completely guaranteed, and it really seems that Fields is the new starter in Big Apple.
Russell Wilson, who took over for Fields in Pittsburgh, held the car on the road for Steeler’s head coach Mike Tomlin to have another winning season and a playoffs. It was not always beautiful, but Steelers found a way.
Wilson visited Cleveland Browns on Thursday and Giants on Friday, according to several reports. However, it sounds like he left both cities without an offer and will continue to explore alternatives – probably including Pittsburgh.
But things get difficult in Pittsburgh if Wilson chooses to go to Giants or Browns. It certainly seems that Steelers have all their eggs in the Rodgers basket. Rodgers is a basket case, yes, but not sure it is the right move to put all your confidence in him. He is always capable of a big surprise.
It would leave Steelers with Mason Rudolph as his lone quarterback. Yes, the same Rudolph who was cracked in the head with his own helmet. He signed a two -year agreement worth $ 8 million earlier this week.
Steelers chose Rudolph in the third round of the NFL draft 2018, but let’s not pretend that we do not know who he is. He has a 9-8-1 quarterback record, and his statistics are with a serviceable backup quarterback. They do not want him to start 17 matches.
Pittsburgh owns number 21 overall elections in the 2025 NFL draft. There is no secret that this is a weak quarterback class. Despite this, Miamis Cam Ward is expected to become the No. 1 player selected – by Tennessee Titans, ironically, the same team that just dumped Rudolph.
Shedeur Sanders is a polarizing alternative and feels like much more of an unknown when it comes to where he will be chosen, but Yinzers should not expect him to make it past the 20th overall selection. Do you remember how early Michael Penix Jr. And Bo Nix was elected last season? Desperate teams do desperate things, and someone will take Sanders before Steelers. It will probably even be AFC North Rival Cleveland, which has No. 2 overall choices.
It leaves Steelers with … Ole Miss Quarterback Jaxson Dart? Alabamas Jalen Milroe? The remaining quarterbacks are considered project and far from day 1 starter at a professional level.
But this is a Steelers team that is ready to win now. They must hope that Rodgers choose them. They just traded a second round to the Seattle Seahawks for DK Metcalf and signaled that they want to make life easy on the one who plays Quarterback next season. They were 10-7 last year. They made the playoffs.
Everything about Pittsburgh says this is a team ready to compete in a charged AFC – except at Quarterback. And that’s a problem when Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow are in your division, and when Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen always looms in the shadows.
