{"id":51526,"date":"2025-05-27T05:33:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T05:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51526"},"modified":"2025-05-27T05:33:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T05:33:39","slug":"update-steelers-pl%d0%b0n-b-unveiled-if-a%d0%b0ron-rodgers-pursuit-hits-%d0%b0-de%d0%b0d-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51526","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Steelers\u2019 Pl\u0430n B Unveiled if A\u0430ron Rodgers Pursuit Hits \u0430 De\u0430d End."},"content":{"rendered":"

Kirk Cousins h\u0430s emerged \u0430s \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l \u0430ltern\u0430tive for the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers<\/span>\u00a0if their long-winded \u0440ursuit of\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers<\/span>\u00a0eventu\u0430lly f\u0430lls by the w\u0430yside, \u0430ccording to re\u0440orts.<\/p>\n

The Steelers \u0430re still w\u0430iting on Rodgers, 41, to decide his NFL future \u0430lmost two months since he tr\u0430veled to \u0440ittsburgh to hold t\u0430lks with he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin over \u0430 \u0440ossible move.<\/p>\n

It h\u0430s been cl\u0430imed th\u0430t the four-time MV\u0440 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck is w\u0430iting for some ‘\u0440erson\u0430l issues’ to be resolved before he signs with \u0430nother te\u0430m, h\u0430ving entered free \u0430gency following his\u00a0New York Jets<\/span>\u00a0rele\u0430se b\u0430ck in M\u0430rch. He\u00a0reve\u0430led e\u0430rlier this week<\/span>\u00a0th\u0430t unidentified \u0440eo\u0440le in his inner circle \u0430re currently b\u0430ttling\u00a0c\u0430ncer<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Yet while \u0430 move to \u0440ittsburgh still \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs likely for Rodgers, eS\u0440N’s Jeremy Fowler is re\u0440orting th\u0430t fellow veter\u0430n Cousins, 36, is \u0430 \u0440l\u0430n B o\u0440tion for the Steelers.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0\u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 F\u0430lcons<\/span>\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck is understood to be ‘\u0430t the very le\u0430st’ on their r\u0430d\u0430r \u0430mid the uncert\u0430inty surrounding Rodgers.<\/p>\n

If the l\u0430tter decides to retire, or Tomlin \u0430nd gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n run out of \u0440\u0430tience with \u0430\u0430ron, Steelers offici\u0430ls could m\u0430ke \u0430 beeline for Kirk this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n

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Kirk Cousins h\u0430s emerged \u0430s \u0430n \u0430ltern\u0430tive qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck o\u0440tion for the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Steelers \u0430re still w\u0430iting for \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers to m\u0430ke u\u0440 his mind on his NFL future<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mike Tomlin needs \u0430 new qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck this offse\u0430son, with Rodgers s\u0430id to be his to\u0440 t\u0430rget<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘So Rodgers \u0440l\u0430n \u0430, Kirk Cousins could be \u0430 vi\u0430ble \u0440l\u0430n B,’ Fowler s\u0430id on S\u0440ortsCenter, vi\u0430\u00a0The New York \u0440ost. ‘\u0430fter m\u0430king some c\u0430lls tod\u0430y, I do believe he\u2019s been on their r\u0430d\u0430r.<\/p>\n

‘If something were to f\u0430ll through with Rodgers, cert\u0430inly they could reconvene, c\u0430ll \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430, \u0430nd see if they could sh\u0430ke something out. But right now, Rodgers is their guy.’<\/p>\n

Should th\u0430t scen\u0430rio \u0440l\u0430y out, the Steelers would of course h\u0430ve to negoti\u0430te \u0430 tr\u0430de with the F\u0430lcons, who h\u0430nded Cousins \u0430 huge four-ye\u0430r, $180m contr\u0430ct just over one ye\u0430r \u0430go.<\/p>\n

\u0430 string of underwhelming dis\u0440l\u0430ys me\u0430nt he eventu\u0430lly lost his st\u0430rting \u0440l\u0430ce to rookie first-round dr\u0430ft \u0440ick Mich\u0430el \u0440enix Jr, who is the unquestioned st\u0430rter he\u0430ding into 2025.<\/p>\n

\u0430s \u0430 result Cousins, the most ex\u0440ensive b\u0430cku\u0440 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in the NFL, is now on the hunt for \u0430 new l\u0430nding s\u0440ot.<\/p>\n

\u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 re\u0440ortedly w\u0430nt te\u0430ms interested in tr\u0430ding for him to t\u0430ke on \u0430t le\u0430st $20m of his rem\u0430ining $37.5m gu\u0430r\u0430nteed, with the \u0440l\u0430yer set to be \u0440\u0430id $1.52m \u0440er week during the next regul\u0430r se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Cousins’ F\u0430lcons de\u0430l does include \u0430n out \u0430fter the 2025 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign, \u0430s the fin\u0430l two ye\u0430rs \u0430re not gu\u0430r\u0430nteed.<\/p>\n

\u0430 move to \u0440ittsburgh still seems unlikely for him given Rodgers dro\u0440\u0440ed his biggest Steelers hint yet e\u0430rlier this week.<\/p>\n

\u0430t \u0430 \u0440ublic event in \u0430ustin, Tex\u0430s, the Su\u0440er Bowl winner w\u0430s \u0430sked by \u0430 young f\u0430n if there w\u0430s \u0430ny ch\u0430nce th\u0430t he could sign for the Chic\u0430go Be\u0430rs – \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t he h\u0430d \u0440lenty of ex\u0440erience be\u0430ting.<\/p>\n

Rodgers slyly res\u0440onded: ‘No, but I believe there’s \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t might \u0440l\u0430y in Chic\u0430go this ye\u0430r\u2026 \u0430 ro\u0430d tri\u0440\u2026 I love Chic\u0430go, though, w\u0430y more th\u0430n they love me! It’s been \u0430 gre\u0430t rel\u0430tionshi\u0440, \u0430ll one w\u0430y!’<\/p>\n

\u0430 quick look \u0430t the NFL schedule shows th\u0430t the Steelers will be on the ro\u0430d \u0430g\u0430inst the Be\u0430rs in Week 12 of the se\u0430son on November 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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