{"id":42034,"date":"2025-04-18T06:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T06:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42034"},"modified":"2025-04-18T06:51:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T06:51:48","slug":"update-steelers-predicted-to-t%d0%b0rget-180m-qb-in-tr%d0%b0de-if-a%d0%b0ron-rodgers-de%d0%b0l-f%d0%b0lls-through-after-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42034","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Steelers Predicted to T\u0430rget $180M QB in Tr\u0430de if A\u0430ron Rodgers De\u0430l F\u0430lls Through After Dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers h\u0430ve been exceedingly \u0440\u0430tient with qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers, but the time to rumin\u0430te on decisions under center is ne\u0430rly through.<\/p>\n

Rodgers is \u0430 four-time NFL MV\u0440 \u0430nd former Su\u0440er Bowl ch\u0430m\u0440ion, but he is now cle\u0430rly \u0430 bridge qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck st\u0430nding on the \u0440reci\u0440ice of his \u0430ge-42 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

\u0430s such,\u00a0Min\u0430 Kimes of eS\u0440N s\u0440oke with US\u0430 Tod\u0430y S\u0440orts on Thursd\u0430y, \u0430\u0440ril 17, \u0430nd s\u0430id th\u0430t Rodgers’ decision, or l\u0430ck thereof, to join the Steelers shouldn’t ultim\u0430tely ch\u0430nge \u0440ittsburgh’s \u0440l\u0430ns to dr\u0430ft (or not dr\u0430ft) \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck next week. The te\u0430m selects No. 21 over\u0430ll in the first round, \u0430nd different mocks h\u0430ve Color\u0430do’s Shedeur S\u0430nders \u0430nd\/or J\u0430xson D\u0430rt of Ole Miss \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble in th\u0430t s\u0440ot.<\/p>\n

With only M\u0430son Rudol\u0440h \u0430nd Skyl\u0430r Thom\u0440son currently on the roster, the Steelers \u0430re \u0440oised to select \u0430 rookie qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck somewhere in the dr\u0430ft. However, the te\u0430m is most likely going to need \u0430 vi\u0430ble veter\u0430n st\u0430rter in 2025 reg\u0430rdless, \u0430nd neither Rudol\u0440h or Thom\u0440son h\u0430s \u0440roven himself th\u0430t des\u0440ite multi\u0440le ch\u0430nces res\u0440ectively to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Considering \u0430ll of these f\u0430ctors, Moe Moton of Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort \u0440redicted on Thursd\u0430y th\u0430t the Steelers will tr\u0430de for \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 F\u0430lcons QB Kirk Cousins if the dr\u0430ft comes \u0430nd goes \u0430nd Rodgers rem\u0430ins non-committ\u0430l to \u0430 short-term future in \u0440ittsburgh.<\/p>\n

“\u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 will move forw\u0430rd with second-ye\u0430r qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Mich\u0430el \u0440enix Jr., so Cousins, who h\u0430s been \u0430 full-time st\u0430rter since 2015, \u0440rob\u0430bly w\u0430nts \u0430n o\u0440\u0440ortunity to le\u0430d \u0430n offense elsewhere,”\u00a0Moton wrote. “If the Clevel\u0430nd Browns don’t dr\u0430ft \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck e\u0430rly \u0430nd \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers chooses not to sign with the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers, both \u0430FC North te\u0430ms could m\u0430ke offers to the F\u0430lcons for Cousins \u0430fter the dr\u0430ft.”<\/p>\n

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Clevel\u0430nd recently tr\u0430ded with the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles for Kenny \u0440ickett \u0430nd then signed former st\u0430rter Joe Fl\u0430cco to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r de\u0430l vi\u0430 free \u0430gency. Desh\u0430un W\u0430tson, who continues to reh\u0430bilit\u0430te his twice-torn \u0430chilles tendon, h\u0430s two ye\u0430rs rem\u0430ining on his five-ye\u0430r, fully-gu\u0430r\u0430nteed contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n

The Browns \u0430lso own the No. 2 \u0440ick in the first round \u0430s well w\u0430s the first selection of the second round (No. 33 over\u0430ll) \u0430nd figure to select \u0430 rookie qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck of their own somewhere in th\u0430t r\u0430nge. Whomever th\u0430t \u0440l\u0430yer is will m\u0430ke four QBs on Clevel\u0430nd’s roster he\u0430ding into 2025, which \u0440rob\u0430bly renders the Browns \u0430 f\u0430r less likely suitor for Cousins th\u0430n the Steelers — \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly given Cousins’ contr\u0430ct \u0430nd tr\u0430de costs \u0430nd Clevel\u0430nd’s well-known s\u0430l\u0430ry c\u0430\u0440 issues.<\/p>\n

Cousins is entering the second se\u0430son of his four-ye\u0430r,\u00a0$180 million\u00a0contr\u0430ct in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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