This should be the reset year: don't bring back Rodgers

[Dan Smith--BYU]

I don't care how much you like Rodgers and I like him a lot, not committing prior to the draft was a really shitty thing to do. Maybe that 3rd rounder could have been an extra OL who would have made a difference and kept him upright.

[swissvale72]

I think even if Rodgers had committed to coming back, Steelers still draft Allar....doesn't change the draft at all

[955876]

I think even if Rodgers had committed to coming back, Steelers still draft Allar....doesn't change the draft at all

Likely true. We still need to find our long term QB an evidently Buck Cluck liked Allar.

Plus he went to Penn State so we know that gave the nepotist Dunce Rooney a chubby.

[Jobu]

Plus he went to Penn State so we know that gave the nepotist Dunce Rooney a chubby.

Yep

[Gonzo]

I agree allar happens Rodgers or no Rodgers

I hope I am wrong but believe this is really all cover for Rodgers
He doesn’t want to participate in off season shit
He wants to be fully free of football in offseason and dunce agreed to this

Alternative theory is fat Mike sold art he can turn allar or Howard into a champ and they want Rodgers back but won’t guaranty him he remains starter all year

[swissvale72]

I agree allar happens Rodgers or no Rodgers

I hope I am wrong but believe this is really all cover for Rodgers
He doesn’t want to participate in off season shit
He wants to be fully free of football in offseason and dunce agreed to this

Alternative theory is fat Mike sold art he can turn allar or Howard into a champ and they want Rodgers back but won’t guaranty him he remains starter all year

Exactly what it is....and all these talking heads should know it!!

[anpsteel]

I think even if Rodgers had committed to coming back, Steelers still draft Allar....doesn't change the draft at all

Likely true. We still need to find our long term QB an evidently Buck Cluck liked Allar.

Plus he went to Penn State so we know that gave the nepotist Dunce Rooney a chubby.

In the world of sports, there are people and organizations whose objective is to win and fill the stands by winning


Arts objective is to not lose

His method of filling the stands is the nepotism route

This includes both Pitt and Penn State into a lesser degree West Virginia

He’s a play not to lose Homer

[955876]

I think even if Rodgers had committed to coming back, Steelers still draft Allar....doesn't change the draft at all

Likely true. We still need to find our long term QB an evidently Buck Cluck liked Allar.

Plus he went to Penn State so we know that gave the nepotist Dunce Rooney a chubby.

In the world of sports, there are people and organizations whose objective is to win and fill the stands by winning


Arts objective is to not lose

His method of filling the stands is the nepotism route

This includes both Pitt and Penn State into a lesser degree West Virginia

He’s a play not to lose Homer

Dunce Rooney needs to go. He’s passive with a loser mentality.

Cares about shit that has nothing to do with football.

He’s not his father.

[the-other-burg]

Count me in as wanting Rodgers back.

1. I want to see what this same team does this year vs last.
2. I want Rookie QB's to learn under a future HOFer.
3. He gives them a chance to win.

[swissvale72]

Count me in as wanting Rodgers back.

1. I want to see what this same team does this year vs last.
2. I want Rookie QB's to learn under a future HOFer.
3. He gives them a chance to win.

EXACTLY where I am !!

[bradshaw2ben]

Count me in as wanting Rodgers back.

1. I want to see what this same team does this year vs last.
2. I want Rookie QB's to learn under a future HOFer.
3. He gives them a chance to win.

EXACTLY where I am !!

I give it until October before you guys realize Mcacarthy is a dumbfuck and AR and obstacle to success.

[swissvale72]

Count me in as wanting Rodgers back.

1. I want to see what this same team does this year vs last.
2. I want Rookie QB's to learn under a future HOFer.
3. He gives them a chance to win.

EXACTLY where I am !!

I give it until October before you guys realize Mcacarthy is a dumbfuck and AR and obstacle to success.

....or the opposite. That's my bet.

[BethlehemSteel]

This thing is a mess, Rooney is a fool and everybody takes him as one

Cut the cord here

Report: No meeting scheduled or expected between Steelers, Aaron Rodgers

By
Mike Florio
Published May 8, 2026 07:26 PM

When it comes to the Steelers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the new normal is abnormal.

With no sign that Rodgers will be signing with the Steelers in the immediate future, 93.7 The Fan reported on Thursday morning that Rodgers would be visiting Pittsburgh, with an expectation that he would sign a contract. NFL Network confirmed the visit, but tapped the brakes on a deal being done.

On Friday morning, Steelers G.M. Omar Khan said he doesn’t know where Rodgers is.

Now, Mark Kaboly (Steelers correspondent for The Pat McAfee Show) has shared this observation on Twitter: “From everything I can gather, there is no meeting scheduled or expected between Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers. I’ve reached out to a couple inside the building and nobody has seen him yet. Today is the first day of rookie minicamp. Media will be there on Saturday. Stay tuned. Maybe Rodgers will show later, maybe tomorrow or maybe he won’t.”

That pretty much summarizes the situation with Rodgers. Maybe he will. Maybe he won’t. Either way, he won’t be saying anything. And he’ll reserve the right to complain when the media tries to make sense of the nonsensical.

Yes, Rodgers has the right to make decisions on his own timeline. He doesn’t have the right to play games. All too often, it seems as if he is.

[Steeldude]

They should have drafted based on re-building.

[955876]

Duck Fucking Hodges could be back at QB (or his wife) and dipshit Dunce Rooney would still think he was “competing”.

He’s awful. Cant wait till this stain on the franchise is no longer in charge.

[jeemie]

Count me in as wanting Rodgers back.

1. I want to see what this same team does this year vs last.
2. I want Rookie QB's to learn under a future HOFer.
3. He gives them a chance to win.

EXACTLY where I am !!

I give it until October before you guys realize Mcacarthy is a dumbfuck and AR and obstacle to success.

Rooney was definitely the bigger problem than Tomlin, but unfortunately Rooney goes when Rooney wants to go.

I don't think McCarthy is great...but he at least does understand that the object of the offense is to score points.

[langer]

Fat Mike is coaching Allar? DK saw some things good out of him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe4Ss8H4woE

[Gonzo]

the recent comments from Khan are starting to sound like they may be done with Rodgers?

[.Kodiak]

the recent comments from Khan are starting to sound like they may be done with Rodgers?

Hey, we have two young QBs who, under the most pessimistic of scenarios, will make things interesting for at least 3-4 games each.

There's no upside to Rodgers. Maybe 9-10 wins, maybe a playoff win if we are very lucky


I've said I only favor Rodgers if the two young guys fall on their face, just so we can develop and see what the rest of the offense looks like. I don't think Rudolph fits the bill.

The absolute last guy I want to see under center is Rudolph, unless Howard and Allar have already played themselves out of the league.

[Gonzo]

the recent comments from Khan are starting to sound like they may be done with Rodgers?

Hey, we have two young QBs who, under the most pessimistic of scenarios, will make things interesting for at least 3-4 games each.

There's no upside to Rodgers. Maybe 9-10 wins, maybe a playoff win if we are very lucky


I've said I only favor Rodgers if the two young guys fall on their face, just so we can develop and see what the rest of the offense looks like. I don't think Rudolph fits the bill.

The absolute last guy I want to see under center is Rudolph, unless Howard and Allar have already played themselves out of the league.

complete agreement on rudolph
as i said in the other thread, i wonder if the hang up with rodgers is that he doesnt want to accept potentially going to back-up role if the steelers come out of the gate slow/bad or one of the young guys surprises everyone?

[langer]

I bet the issue is money, if there is one and this isnt just a negotiation dance.

[Boukman]

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/la ... 25175.html

Can't disagree here...
Steelers needed to exit their velvet rut long before Aaron Rodgers showed up

If anything, all of this should just underline a reality that has been creeping toward Pittsburgh for years. Regardless of what the front office professes, or what the hiring of 62-year-old head coach Mike McCarthy suggests (or owner Art Rooney II’s dislike of the word “rebuild”), the fantasy of a half-measure pivot back into Super Bowl contention is dead. The Steelers have been in a velvet rut of being good-but-not-good-enough for the past eight years. Effectively since they put up a 13-3 record in 2017 and flopped in their divisional playoff loss against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Accurately reflecting on that moment in Steelers history, it was the beginning of the end for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. And the beginning of the beginning when it came to future seasons in which a sizable portion of the Pittsburgh fan base wanted head coach Mike Tomlin pushed out of his job. An era of the Steelers when they had some juggernaut offenses and wet-tissue defenses in the best of times, or were simply mediocre all over in the worst of times.

[Gonzo]

great statement in that article ...

"Either you change the math that has led you to middle, or you linger being good enough to be nothing more than entertainment."

[.Kodiak]

great statement in that article ...

"Either you change the math that has led you to middle, or you linger being good enough to be nothing more than entertainment."

Except they were rarely entertaining. Ugly, ugly football that was painful to watch. Muddle around, barely able to stay out of their own way, then suddenly an unforced fumble and Renegade starts blasting....

[NCsteelerSU]

Rodgers was fun for a year, it's time for a reset, lets roll with Howard and Allar, keep Mason as insurance maybe. Fat Mike is a qb whisperer, get that mf'er psss pssss pssss pssss pssss .....now.

[langer]

What the fuck was Coach King Mike thinking with all of that Matt Canada bullshit anyway.

What a disaster, wasting effort and time.

[Steelafan77]

Wasn’t just that his anemic offense performances it was his very predictable defense.

Former Steelers defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko appeared on the Kaboly + Mack Show to discuss the upcoming season.

"When that scheme is so heavily dependent on the edge rushers to get home -- to have this boom or bust mentality, like, 'Hey, TJ, we need you to get home. TJ get a sack-fumble for us, TJ do this, TJ do that.' To me, playing there for three years, I felt like the Steelers were so reliant on the front four. When you do that, teams can scheme very easily to isolate those guys and create mismatches for them," Fehoko said.

"I wanna see TJ move around more. I don't wanna see them just isolate TJ to just his side. When you do that, offenses can tee off on him; they can send a chipper. I love to see TJ even line up over a center, put TJ in a three-tech, do some three-man loop stunts inside. All of those things you can do, that I felt like Pittsburgh did not tap into because of the traditional mindset, because it's been so successful for a long time, but the game is evolving," Fehoko said. https://www.steelernation.com/2026/05/1 ... -struggled

Show link: https://www.youtube.com/live/l0lx3k8eNF ... dqFvW8rAh6

[CoolShades]

What the fuck was Coach King Mike thinking with all of that Matt Canada bullshit anyway.

What a disaster, wasting effort and time.

What kills me about Canada is he was in charge when they drafted Pickett.

So what did they have?

• A HC who was a massive fraud and knew nothing about QB development or hiring competent OCs.

• An incompetent, rookie OC who should have never sniffed an NFL sideline.

• No QB coach.

Oh, and let’s not forget they signed Trubisky as a FA, and he took all the 1st team reps until he was replaced at halftime against the Jets

Yep, that’s a perfect environment in which to draft your potential franchise QB.


I am so happy Tomlin is gone!

I will never watch any NBC broadcast that arrogant bastard is a part of.