NFL insider says the Steelers are down to two veterans who are not on the team regarding their starting quarterback in 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers have yet to sign their starting quarterback for 2025. Sure, they brought back Mason Rudolph and drafted Will Howard, but both of those players are closer to QB #2s than they are to starters. That leaves one obvious, and maybe one not so obvious name to take over that role for the […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have yet to sign their starting quarterback for 2025.
Sure, they brought back Mason Rudolph and drafted Will Howard, but both of those players are closer to QB #2s than they are to starters.
That leaves one obvious, and maybe one not so obvious name to take over that role for the Steelers, according to Ian Rapoport…
Kirk Cousins lingers as option for Steelers amidst wait for Aaron Rodgers
“So the Kirk Cousins thing, I was kind of keeping track, trying to figure out if he leaves Atlanta, where might he go,” Rapoport said on The Pat McAfee Show. “I think if Aaron Rodgers does not go to Pittsburgh, I think that would be a possibility…
“It feels like to me like the other possibilities kind of don’t exist People talked about the Minnesota Vikings. They traded for Sam Howell. People talked about maybe the Browns. They drafted a second quarterback in Shedeur Sanders. So I don’t think he’s going there. The more this goes, I kind of think he’s gonna be the Falcons’ backup, which there’s no source in that because the Falcons have told us this from the beginning. It’s just we kind of like didn’t believe them, it feels like.”
The move to trade for Cousins would be an interesting one for Pittsburgh. A stable veteran in his own right, Cousins doesn't have the resume of Rodgers, but he does have the same Achilles injury that plagued his 2024 season as well, leading to his benching with the Atlanta Falcons.
Optimistically speaking, Cousins is five years the junior of Rodgers and will be a year away from a year away of the achilles tear, which is when players tend to return to form.
It is both ironic and concerning, however, that the Steelers top two veteran options at quarterback are two players who recently had Achilles tears and are coming off less than great years, with one being cut (Rodgers and New York Jets) and the other potentially being shopped via trade (Cousins).
