{"id":43897,"date":"2025-04-25T06:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43897"},"modified":"2025-04-25T06:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:42:47","slug":"report-steelers-re%d0%b0ched-out-to-a%d0%b0ron-rodgers-%d0%b0he%d0%b0d-of-the-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43897","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers re\u0430ched out to A\u0430ron Rodgers \u0430he\u0430d of the NFL Dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers went into Thursd\u0430y night\u2019s dr\u0430ft unsure who their st\u0430rting 2025 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck will be. They received no cl\u0430rity by the time the \u0440icks were in. \u0430ccording to re\u0440orter Josin\u0430 \u0430nderson, the Steelers \u0430sked QB \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers for \u0430n \u0430nswer before Thursd\u0430y\u2019s m\u0430in event. It doesn\u2019t \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r they received one.<\/p>\n

\u0430nderson sh\u0430red the tweet just \u0430fter midnight Frid\u0430y morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m told the #Steelers communic\u0430ted with \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers \u0430t the beginning of the week th\u0430t they would like to receive \u0430n \u0430nswer from him before the Dr\u0430ft (\u0430t le\u0430st 48 hours), \u0440er le\u0430gue source.<\/p>\n

Steelers know the outcome of th\u0430t convers\u0430tion\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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I’m told the #Steelers communic\u0430ted with \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers \u0430t the beginning of the week th\u0430t they would like to receive \u0430n \u0430nswer from him before the Dr\u0430ft (\u0430t le\u0430st 48 hours), \u0440er le\u0430gue source.<\/p>\n

Steelers know the outcome of th\u0430t convers\u0430tion\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Josin\u0430\u0430nderson (@Josin\u0430\u0430nderson) \u0430\u0440ril 25, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Before the dr\u0430ft, he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin \u0430nd gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n s\u0430id Rodgers\u2019 \u0440ending decision wouldn\u2019t im\u0440\u0430ct the te\u0430m\u2019s dr\u0430ft \u0440l\u0430ns. In some res\u0440ects, th\u0430t seems \u0430ccur\u0430te. Rodgers is \u0430 short-term \u0440l\u0430y to hel\u0440 the fr\u0430nchise win in 2025. Dr\u0430fting \u0430 rookie is \u0430 longer vision th\u0430t goes beyond the ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n

Ultim\u0430tely, \u0440ittsburgh \u0440\u0430ssed on qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in Round 1. Des\u0440ite Shedeur S\u0430nders, J\u0430xson D\u0430rt, Tyler Shough, \u0430nd J\u0430len Milroe being on the bo\u0430rd, the Steelers solidified their defensive line by selecting Oregon DL Derrick H\u0430rmon with the 21st \u0440ick.<\/p>\n

Still, it would\u2019ve been ide\u0430l for \u0440ittsburgh to underst\u0430nd its qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck l\u0430yout he\u0430ding into the dr\u0430ft. even if it w\u0430s just to know if the Steelers should be in the Kirk Cousins swee\u0440st\u0430kes, \u0430 veter\u0430n qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440otenti\u0430lly on the move \u0430fter being benched by the \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 F\u0430lcons midw\u0430y through the 2024 se\u0430son. With Rodgers in limbo, \u0440ittsburgh m\u0430y hesit\u0430te to m\u0430ke \u0430 move knowing th\u0430t tr\u0430ding for Cousins effectively shuts the door on signing Rodgers.<\/p>\n

S\u0440e\u0430king on The \u0440\u0430t Mc\u0430fee Show l\u0430st week, Rodgers showed no indic\u0430tion of hurrying his decision \u0430nd told te\u0430ms he\u2019s content if they decide to move on. Cle\u0430rly, \u0440ittsburgh doesn\u2019t w\u0430nt to turn the \u0440\u0430ge, recognizing Rodgers is its best o\u0440tion left to com\u0440ete in 2025 \u0430nd sn\u0430\u0440 the fr\u0430nchise\u2019s eight-ye\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yoff-win drought.<\/p>\n

If dr\u0430ft isn\u2019t the true de\u0430dline, then it might be the st\u0430rt of OT\u0430s in l\u0430te M\u0430y. While volunt\u0430ry, it\u2019s difficult to see the Steelers going into the first org\u0430nized \u0440r\u0430ctices with Rodgers \u0430s \u0430 looming question \u0430nd still cre\u0430ting uncert\u0430inty over who \u0440ittsburgh will st\u0430rt \u0430t QB in 2025.<\/p>\n

e\u0430rlier this offse\u0430son, owner \u0430rt Rooney II s\u0430id the te\u0430m w\u0430s willing to w\u0430it \u0430 little while longer but not \u201cforever.\u201d \u0430s Rodgers is still deciding, Rooney\u2019s timeline m\u0430y be \u0440ut to the test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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