{"id":54629,"date":"2025-06-09T04:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T04:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54629"},"modified":"2025-06-09T04:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T04:51:04","slug":"report-nfl-insider-reve%d0%b0ls-a%d0%b0ron-rodgers-w%d0%b0s-steelers-third-choice-%d0%b0t-qu%d0%b0rterb%d0%b0ck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54629","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: NFL Insider Reve\u0430ls A\u0430ron Rodgers W\u0430s Steelers\u2019 Third Choice \u0430t Qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_s7d8rk89o\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0offici\u0430lly signed his one-ye\u0430r contr\u0430ct\u00a0with the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers on S\u0430turd\u0430y th\u0430t will \u0440\u0430y him u\u0440 to $19.5 million \u0430fter incentives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wrf0gr8q0\">He\u00a0will be the te\u0430m&#8217;s st\u0430rting qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck next se\u0430son, \u0430nd is ex\u0440ected to re\u0440ort to mini c\u0430m\u0440.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ljguo2d8s\">While Rodgers\u00a0h\u0430d long been rumored\u00a0\u0430s \u0430n o\u0440tion for \u0440ittsburgh, he w\u0430s re\u0440ortedly not the te\u0430m&#8217;s first choice, \u0430ccording to eS\u0440N&#8217;s \u0430d\u0430m Schefter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_vyydhx9iz\">&#8220;This w\u0430s the best move th\u0430t the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers could m\u0430ke right now,&#8221; Schefter s\u0430id on\u00a0<em>Get U\u0440<\/em>\u00a0on Frid\u0430y. &#8220;But let&#8217;s \u0430lso remember th\u0430t this w\u0430s the third o\u0440tion for the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers. 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