Steelers' QB Uncertainty: Hopes Pinned on Aaron Rodgers

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00:00And to your point about the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ben, I brought this up yesterday.

00:04It just looks like they're an organization hoping that Aaron Rodgers saves them from

00:10potentially a disaster because they do not seem to have a contingency plan in place.

00:17They don't seem to have one, obviously, since they drafted Kenny Pickett a few years ago

00:21to solidify their quarterback position, hoping that these veterans that they have signed over

00:26the past couple of seasons potentially save them from purgatory.

00:31I just can't believe that Mike Tomlin, a winning coach in an organization that has won multiple

00:37Super Bowls, went into the 2025 season basically on a hope and a prayer.

00:43It is really what seems to be the quarterback situation for the Steelers, especially with

00:48the situation surrounding Aaron Rodgers.

00:51So let's start there.

00:52Lacey Guy will talk some NFL draft later in the show and some college football as well

00:57a little bit later on here on FFC.

01:00Cam Hayward, one of the staples of this Steelers organization the last decade plus, one of

01:05the great defensive linemen we have seen in the last five to 10 years around the NFL on

01:10his Not Just Football podcast that came out on this Tuesday, basically said he's tired

01:17of all the quarterback conjecture around the Steelers and he's not going to great lengths

01:21to recruit Aaron Rodgers.

01:23Quote, I ain't doing that darkness retreat.

01:26I don't need any of that crap.

01:28Either you want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler or you don't.

01:31It's that simple.

01:32That's the pitch.

01:33If you want me to recruit, that's the recruiting pitch.

01:36Pittsburgh Steelers.

01:38If you want to be a part of it, so be it.

01:40If you don't, no skin off my back.

01:43So it seems, Joe, not just that Cameron Hayward might be a little bit upset with Aaron Rodgers

01:48diddling his toes at this moment, but also just the Steelers, like you said, not really

01:54having that strong early offseason plan to address the quarterback situation.

01:59Yeah, and I think Cam Hayward's exactly right.

02:02I'm shocked that more organizations haven't had that type of approach in terms of Aaron

02:07Rodgers, but they're so desperate to have a starting quarterback this season and even

02:12last season with the New York Jets that you put up with the circus that is Aaron Rodgers

02:17on and off the field.

02:18So again, I agree with Cam Hayward.

02:21Either you want to be a Steeler or you don't, but still, this team can't go into the regular

02:26season with just Mason Rudolph as the only option.

02:29I mean, if you're Pittsburgh, I would have did everything I could to potentially keep

02:34Justin Fields, throw even more money at him if that was the contingency plan.

02:39It just doesn't, it doesn't make sense that, okay, we have DK, we have George Pickens.

02:45We let Najee walk out the door, but we still have good running back talent.

02:49Now we're going to hope on basically a journeyman quarterback to save us and potentially challenge

02:54the likes of the best quarterback in the AFC or one of in terms of the top two, maybe with

03:01Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow.

03:03Just doesn't make any sense, Ben.

03:06And Joe, what made it all that more fascinating with the trade for DK Metcalf from Seattle

03:10was the idea that sure, the Steelers had some pieces on the outside with the addition

03:15of DK Metcalf.

03:16Now, of course, opposite George Pickens, you bring back Jalen Warren, you add Kenneth

03:20Gainwell, all that's fine and dandy.

03:23You still don't have the guy distributing the football offensively.

03:27Even DK Metcalf, when he was brought to Pittsburgh at his introductory press conference said,

03:32quote, this is a historic organization.

03:35They've done the recruiting before I even got here.

03:38So whoever wants to come here and try to win as many games as we can, they can join

03:42us.

03:42But if not, good luck on the other side.

03:45And that's the guy that is directly going to be on the receiving end of whoever that

03:50quarterback is going to be.

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