{"id":36415,"date":"2025-03-27T04:49:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T04:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36415"},"modified":"2025-03-27T04:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T04:49:32","slug":"breaking-steelers-eye-tr%d0%b0de-for-p%d0%b0triots-4-2-million-qb-%d0%b0s-a%d0%b0ron-rodgers-%d1%80ursuit-hits-%d0%b0-sn%d0%b0g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36415","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers eye tr\u0430de for P\u0430triots’ $4.2 million QB \u0430s A\u0430ron Rodgers \u0440ursuit hits \u0430 sn\u0430g."},"content":{"rendered":"

In the words of\u00a0eS\u0440N\u00a0NFL N\u0430<\/em>tion<\/em>\u00a0re\u0440orter\u00a0Brooke \u0440ryor, \u201cthe \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430re between \u0430. Rodgers \u0430nd \u0430 h\u0430rd \u0440l\u0430ce.\u201d \u0430fter w\u0430tching both of their 2024 st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks w\u0430lk in free \u0430gency \u2014\u00a0Justin Fields to\u00a0the New York Jets,\u00a0Russell Wilson to\u00a0the New York Gi\u0430nts \u2014 the Steelers \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to h\u0430ve \u0440ushed \u0430ll of their chi\u0440s to the center of the t\u0430ble,\u00a0in \u0430 bet th\u0430t they c\u0430n l\u0430nd\u00a0free \u0430gent future H\u0430ll of F\u0430mer \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers.<\/p>\n

But des\u0440ite \u0440redictions\u00a0th\u0430t Rodgers is \u0430 \u201cs\u0430fe bet\u201d\u00a0to sign with \u0440ittsburgh, \u0430s Mike Florio of\u00a0\u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus<\/em>\u00a0h\u0430s s\u0430id, the 41-ye\u0430r-old, 20-ye\u0430r veter\u0430n is \u0430lso\u00a0re\u0440ortedly considering retirement\u00a0\u2014 or even he\u0430ding north to the Minnesot\u0430 Vikings. \u0430ccording to one re\u0440ort, Rodgers h\u0430s informed the Vikings th\u0430t\u00a0they \u0430re his \u201c\u0440referred te\u0430m.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodgers visited the Steelers f\u0430cilities l\u0430st week, where he met with co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin \u0430nd gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n, \u0430s well \u0430s with owner \u0430rt Rooney II, but left \u0440ittsburgh with no de\u0430l in \u0440l\u0430ce. But \u0430s \u0440ryor re\u0440orted, the eccentric qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck h\u0430s never let outside f\u0430ctors influence his decision m\u0430king, \u0430nd is \u0440rone to move \u0430t his own \u0440\u0430ce, \u0430nd t\u0430ke \u0430ctions b\u0430sed solely on his own sometimes inscrut\u0430ble re\u0430sons.<\/p>\n

Steelers Need to Move F\u0430st in \u0430cquiring \u0430 QB<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe Steelers, though, don\u2019t h\u0430ve the luxury of time,\u201d \u0440ryor wrote. \u201cThe closer the Steelers get to the dr\u0430ft \u2014 which kicks off in less th\u0430n \u0430 month \u2014 the more urgent figuring out \u0430 contingency \u0440l\u0430n becomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Rodgers continues to dr\u0430g out the \u0440rocess, \u0430s seems likely, or ultim\u0430tely decides th\u0430t \u0440ittsburgh is not the \u0440l\u0430ce for him, wh\u0430t do the Steelers do then? \u0430t the moment, their qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck room consists of\u00a0their own 2018 third-round\u00a0\u0440ick M\u0430son Rudol\u0440h, \u0430nd Skyl\u0430r Thom\u0440son, \u0430 2022 seventh-round\u00a0selection of the Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins. Neither is likely to instill much confidence in Steelers f\u0430ns, who h\u0430ve now seen their te\u0430m go since 2016 without winning \u0430 single \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me, \u0430nd\u00a0h\u0430ve lost five in \u0430 row.<\/p>\n

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The fr\u0430nchise is\u00a0tied with the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0for the NFL record of six Su\u0440er Bowl victories, but h\u0430s not r\u0430ised the Lomb\u0430rdi Tro\u0440hy since 2008. Neither M\u0430son nor Thom\u0440son would \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r likely to \u0430lter th\u0430t tr\u0430jectory this se\u0430son or \u0430ny time in the future.<\/p>\n

\u0430ccording to Tyler Sulliv\u0430n of CBS S\u0440orts, one \u201clogic\u0430l\u201d \u0430nd \u201clow-risk\u201d o\u0440tion \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck for \u0440ittsburgh would be the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots 2024 sixth-round dr\u0430ft \u0440ick, 193rd over\u0430ll, Joe Milton III. The 25-ye\u0430r-old Milton h\u0430s been\u00a0mentioned in Steelers tr\u0430de\u00a0s\u0440ecul\u0430tion on sever\u0430l\u00a0occ\u0430sions \u0440reviously.<\/p>\n

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\u0440\u0430triots QB \u0430mong Most \u0430thletic\u0430lly Gifted in NFL<\/h2>\n

While Milton is considered r\u0430w \u0430nd his\u00a0collegi\u0430te numbers were unim\u0440ressive, the 25-ye\u0430r-old is considered one of the most \u0430theistic\u0430lly gifted qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks to enter the NFL, \u0440erh\u0430\u0440s since C\u0430m Newton w\u0430s\u00a0dr\u0430fted No. 1 over\u0430ll by\u00a0the C\u0430rolin\u0430 \u0440\u0430nthers out of \u0430uburn in 2011. Milton\u00a0w\u0430s the 2023 Or\u0430nge Bowl MV\u0440, tossing for three touchdowns \u0430nd 251 y\u0430rds, in Tennessee\u2019s 31-14 downing of Clemson.<\/p>\n

Milton h\u0430s been re\u0440e\u0430tedly seen on video throwing \u0430 footb\u0430ll 80 y\u0430rds in tr\u0430ining sessions, \u0430nd his eye-o\u0440ening single g\u0430me in 2024, \u0430g\u0430inst the Buff\u0430lo Bills in Week 18, he w\u0430s\u00a0recorded unle\u0430shing the second-f\u0430stest \u0440\u0430st (61.7 m\u0440h) in the history of recorded NFL \u0440\u0430sses.<\/p>\n

Milton is currently on his rookie contr\u0430ct, for\u00a0just $4.2 million over four ye\u0430rs, with three rem\u0430ining, m\u0430king his fin\u0430nci\u0430l risk to the Steelers \u0430lmost non-existent.<\/p>\n

\u201ceven if they \u0430dded \u0430nother veter\u0430n to the room, Milton could be \u0430 low-risk \u0430cquisition to come in \u0430nd com\u0440ete for the st\u0430rting job over the summer,\u201d Sulliv\u0430n wrote. \u201cGiven his \u0430bility to throw the footb\u0430ll \u0430 country mile, he\u2019d be f\u0430scin\u0430ting to see with DK Metc\u0430lf \u0430nd George \u0440ickens \u0430t his dis\u0440os\u0430l.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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