NFL insider starts the clock on Aaron Rodgers to the Steelers as pivotal offseason date approaches days before 2025 NFL Draft
The NFL Draft is only eight days away. And still, the Pittsburgh Steelers don't know if Aaron Rodgers will be their starting quarterback. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, that could be about to change… Steelers are reaching critical point in Aaron Rodgers' decision "I think we are entering the critical stretch for Aaron Rodgers' […]
The NFL Draft is only eight days away.
And still, the Pittsburgh Steelers don't know if Aaron Rodgers will be their starting quarterback.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, that could be about to change…
Steelers are reaching critical point in Aaron Rodgers' decision
"I think we are entering the critical stretch for Aaron Rodgers' final decision about whether or not to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers," said Schefter. "The Pittsburgh Steelers' voluntary offseason workout program begins next week, and if Aaron Rodgers decides that he wants to play in Pittsburgh with new teammates, new receivers, new coaches, and a new offense in a new city, I would think that he would want to be there with boots on the ground from day one of the offseason program so he can be on the field."
While I tend to agree that you want your quarterback at the start of the offseason activities, especially if he's new to the team, we have a precedent that tends to say Aaron Rodgers doesn't care about that sort of thing.
He caught flak in his last few years with the Green Bay Packers after not attending the majority of the voluntary workouts and activties, and he's known for doing his own thing.
All of that would probably be ok if he just told the Steelers that he was going to be there, but they have no certainty, barring some sort of hidden agreement that it will happen.
"Can you imagine what it would be like to be a coach on the Pittsburgh Steelers' staff," asked Schefter. " When you're trying to basically get your offense ready for the start of your offseason program and you don't know whether that offense is going to include Aaron Rodgers or not, you're going to have to have one offense that's dictated for Mason Rudolph and Skylar Thompson, the two quarterbacks currently on your roster plus whoever you might draft, and then you're going to have another offense in the event that Aaron Rodgers tells you, 'Yes, I'm going to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers."
So, while Schefter's point makes common sense, nothing about this situation is common, and none of it makes sense. The actual deadline was given by Coach Tomlin at the league owners' meetings, and that's months away.
I doubt voluntary workouts are going to speed up Aaron Rodgers' decision.
