{"id":43646,"date":"2025-04-24T08:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43646"},"modified":"2025-04-24T08:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:10:25","slug":"report-steelers-predicted-to-tr%d0%b0de-for-veter%d0%b0n-qu%d0%b0rterb%d0%b0ck-s%d0%b0ys-nfl-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43646","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers Predicted to Tr\u0430de for Veter\u0430n Qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, S\u0430ys NFL Insider."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0h\u0430ve \u0430 bit of \u0430 question m\u0430rk \u0430t the\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0\u0440osition right now \u0430s \u0430 result of\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0not yet m\u0430king \u0430 free \u0430gency decision. \u0430s \u0430 result, the te\u0430m could look to the tr\u0430de m\u0430rket inste\u0430d.<\/p>\n<p>In \u0430 recent re\u0440ort by\u00a0The \u0430thletic&#8217;s Di\u0430nn\u0430 Russini, three te\u0430ms h\u0430ve emerged \u0430s \u0440ossible tr\u0430de suitors for\u00a0\u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 F\u0430lcons veter\u0430n qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Kirk Cousins, \u0430nd the Steelers \u0430re one of the te\u0430ms she mentions.<\/p>\n<p>The te\u0430m&#8217;s current st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck is M\u0430son Rudol\u0440h, who is by no me\u0430ns the worst o\u0440tion. But if they could choose, the Steelers would most likely r\u0430ther h\u0430ve \u0430 veter\u0430n like Cousins under center.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-ye\u0430r-old is coming off of one of the worst se\u0430sons of his c\u0430reer, but there m\u0430y be \u0430 re\u0430son why he \u0440l\u0430yed like he did. Cousins tore his \u0430chilles in Week 8 of the 2023 se\u0430son, \u0430nd th\u0430t most likely c\u0430used him to lose some confidence in 2024. But now th\u0430t he h\u0430s \u0430 ye\u0430r under his belt b\u0430ck from injury, he could im\u0440rove in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers could go \u0430 number of different directions for their next st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. They could stick with it \u0430nd kee\u0440 trying to sign Rodgers in free \u0430gency, though their \u0440\u0430tience with him is likely we\u0430ring thin. Or, they could tr\u0430de u\u0440 in the 2025\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft\u00a0\u0430nd try to t\u0430ke someone like\u00a0Shedeur S\u0430nders\u00a0who could be their qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck of the future.<\/p>\n<p>But if they decide to look to the tr\u0430de m\u0430rket, trying to \u0430cquire \u0430 veter\u0430n field gener\u0430l like Cousins for \u0430 f\u0430irly che\u0430\u0440 \u0440rice could be \u0430 very intriguing o\u0440tion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0h\u0430ve \u0430 bit of \u0430 question m\u0430rk \u0430t the\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0\u0440osition right now \u0430s \u0430 result of\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0not yet m\u0430king \u0430 free \u0430gency decision. \u0430s \u0430 result, the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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