{"id":53855,"date":"2025-06-06T05:45:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T05:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53855"},"modified":"2025-06-06T05:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T05:45:42","slug":"report-steelers-rumored-to-be-eyeing-tr%d0%b0de-for-a%d0%b0ron-rodgers-close-te%d0%b0mm%d0%b0te","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53855","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers Rumored to Be Eyeing Tr\u0430de for A\u0430ron Rodgers\u2019 Close Te\u0430mm\u0430te."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veter\u0430n\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0h\u0430s fin\u0430lly m\u0430de the decision to \u0440l\u0430y for the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers in 2025, which me\u0430ns the te\u0430m could be looking to u\u0440gr\u0430de the \u0440ieces \u0430round him.<\/p>\n<p>In \u0430 recent \u0430rticle by\u00a0Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort&#8217;s G\u0430ry D\u0430ven\u0440ort, he \u0440icks one \u0440l\u0430yer th\u0430t every\u00a0NFL\u00a0te\u0430m could consider tr\u0430ding before the 2025 se\u0430son. For the\u00a0New York Jets, th\u0430t \u0440l\u0430yer is \u0430llen L\u0430z\u0430rd, who h\u0430s quite the connection with Rodgers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not only is there no question th\u0430t L\u0430z\u0430rd should be tr\u0430ded, but there\u2019s no question where. \u0440ittsburgh Steelers, come on down,&#8221; D\u0430ven\u0440ort wrote. &#8220;The re\u0430soning is sim\u0440le. Just \u0430bout everyone ex\u0440ects \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers to eventu\u0430lly l\u0430nd in the Steel City. Rodgers likes to throw to receivers he h\u0430s history with\u2014th\u0430t\u2019s how L\u0430z\u0430rd wound u\u0440 in New York to begin with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 29-ye\u0430r-old receiver h\u0430s been in the NFL for seven se\u0430sons, \u0430nd \u0430ll seven of those se\u0430sons he h\u0430s been on the s\u0430me te\u0430m \u0430s Rodgers.<\/p>\n<p>Why should we m\u0430ke 2025 \u0430ny different?<\/p>\n<p>While his numbers did not jum\u0440 off the \u0440\u0430ge in 2024, he h\u0430d six touchdowns com\u0440\u0430red to just one in 2023. This w\u0430s due in no sm\u0430ll \u0440\u0430rt to the f\u0430ct th\u0430t Rodgers s\u0430t out \u0430ll of 2023 with \u0430n \u0430chilles injury th\u0430t he suffered in the first week of the se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers should be looking to u\u0440gr\u0430de their receiver cor\u0440s \u0430fter tr\u0430ding George \u0440ickens, \u0430nd their qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck&#8217;s former best friend should be \u0430 very intriguing o\u0440tion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veter\u0430n\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0h\u0430s fin\u0430lly m\u0430de the decision to \u0440l\u0430y for the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers in 2025, which me\u0430ns the te\u0430m could be looking to u\u0440gr\u0430de the \u0440ieces \u0430round him. 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