Another long-shot name is being floated around for the Steelers to try to pick up at quarterback.
After a 31-26 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the potential 2020 MVP, Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers says the future is “uncertain.”
Speaking after the NFC Championship loss Rodgers told reporters, “A lot of guys futures, they’re uncertain, myself included.”
That prompted a lot of speculation as to whether or not Rodgers will be in green and gold in 2021.
Pro Football Talk listed several teams that could land Rodgers, if he indeed does leave Green Bay.
Along with the Steelers, the 49ers, Patriots, Raiders, Colts and Saints were all mentioned.
Surprisingly, the Packers took quarterback Jordan Love, out of Utah State, with their first pick in the 2020 draft, a move that reportedly upset Rodgers.
But even with that pick, Rodgers went on to have a likely MVP year, throwing 48 touchdowns and only five interceptions.
The 37-year-old Rodgers is under contract with the Packers until 2023 and has a cap hit of $37.5 million next season.
Pittsburgh has been mentioned as a potential landing spot for several big-name quarterbacks including the Texans’ Deshaun Watson and the Lions’ Matthew Stafford.
But for Rodgers or any of the other quarterbacks mentioned, a lot would have to happen for the Steelers to land one of them.
First and foremost, current starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger would need to retire/be traded/cut before any kind of deal could be worked out with another team.
There is also the issue of an aging offensive line. With rumors of Maurkice Pouncey announcing his retirement soon and the possibility that players like Al Villanueva and David DeCastro could retire/be cut, does a veteran like Rodgers even want to come to a team with an o-line in flux?
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