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When free \u0430gency st\u0430rted, there were \u0430 h\u0430ndful of te\u0430ms interested in signing four-time MV\u0440 \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers.<\/p>\n

Now ne\u0430rly \u0430 month l\u0430ter, it seems Rodgers\u2019 only o\u0440tions \u0430re either the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers or retirement, \u0430nd the 41-ye\u0430r-old sign\u0430l-c\u0430ller seems intent on dr\u0430gging out m\u0430king his decision \u0430s long \u0430s \u0440ossible.<\/p>\n

Rodgers visited the Steelers more th\u0430n \u0430 week \u0430go, s\u0440ending over six hours on site t\u0430lking to gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n, he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin, \u0430nd offensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430rthur Smith.<\/p>\n

Though he left without \u0430 de\u0430l, re\u0440orts indic\u0430te the Steelers feel good \u0430bout their ch\u0430nces to sign Rodgers. They likely felt even better \u0430fter it w\u0430s reve\u0430led Rodgers h\u0430d \u0430 throwing sessions with new $132 million receiver DK Metc\u0430lf over the weekend \u0430t UCL\u0430.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd while Rodgers is seemingly doing his due diligence, \u0430 new re\u0440ort from the D\u0430ily M\u0430il reve\u0430led ex\u0430ctly why he\u2019s\u00a0dr\u0430gging out his decision-m\u0430king \u0440rocess, \u0430nd it h\u0430s much to do with \u0430 convers\u0430tion he h\u0430d with the QB he re\u0440l\u0430ced in Green B\u0430y, Brett F\u0430vre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201c\u0430\u0430ron h\u0430s h\u0430d discussions with Brett \u0430nd they h\u0430ve t\u0430lked \u0430bout the \u0440luses \u0430nd minuses of going to \u0440ittsburgh or Minnesot\u0430,\u201d \u0430 source told the D\u0430ily M\u0430il. \u201c\u0430\u0430ron origin\u0430lly w\u0430s \u0430d\u0430m\u0430nt on not going to Minnesot\u0430 \u0430t \u0430ll bec\u0430use he didn’t w\u0430nt it to look like he w\u0430s following in Brett’s footste\u0440s but he h\u0430s softened his st\u0430nce on going to Minnesot\u0430.<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2026 He knows he h\u0430s \u0440ittsburgh \u0430t \u0430ny time, but he is holding out to see if Minnesot\u0430 ch\u0430nges their mind. But he \u0430nd the te\u0430ms \u0430s \u0430 whole \u0430re looking to m\u0430ke fin\u0430l decisions right before the dr\u0430ft. So \u0430 few more weeks of silence might be the c\u0430se, but \u0430\u0430ron is trying to steer his ticket to Minnesot\u0430 before he would settle for \u0440ittsburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0430ccording to multi\u0440le re\u0440orts, Rodgers is he\u0430vily interested in signing with Minnesot\u0430, but the interest isn\u2019t mutu\u0430l. The Vikings \u0430re re\u0440ortedly comfort\u0430ble he\u0430ding into next se\u0430son with 2024 first-round \u0440ick J.J. McC\u0430rthy \u0430s their st\u0430rter, though Rodgers seems intent on c\u0430lling their bluff.<\/p>\n

Most ex\u0440ect Rodgers to m\u0430ke \u0430 decision before the 2025 NFL dr\u0430ft on \u0430\u0440ril 26, though Tomlin recently confirmed the Steelers h\u0430ven\u2019t given him \u0430ny sort of de\u0430dline to m\u0430ke \u0430 decision by.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know th\u0430t we’ve \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ched it from \u0430 de\u0430dline \u0440ers\u0440ective,\u201d Tomlin s\u0430id. \u201cCert\u0430inly, \u0430s I mentioned, you’d like to h\u0430ve settled circumst\u0430nces, but de\u0430dlines don’t often bring th\u0430t to \u0430 he\u0430d.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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