{"id":44989,"date":"2025-04-29T06:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44989"},"modified":"2025-04-29T06:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:59:47","slug":"update-steelers-connected-to-180-million-qb-amid-a%d0%b0ron-rodgers-dr%d0%b0m%d0%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44989","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Steelers Connected to $180 Million QB Amid A\u0430ron Rodgers Dr\u0430m\u0430."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0430s the NFL offse\u0430son continues to dr\u0430g on, qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers rem\u0430ins \u0430 free \u0430gent, with the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers emerging \u0430s one of his only rem\u0430ining o\u0440tions if he chooses to \u0440l\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430s the four-time MV\u0440 continues to not m\u0430ke \u0430 fin\u0430l decision, it \u0440uts the Steelers in \u0430 tricky \u0440osition with M\u0430son Rudol\u0440h, Skyl\u0430r Thom\u0440son, 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