The Steelers Might SUDDENLY Have Competition For Aaron Rodgers...

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Rob Gregson talks about how the Pittsburgh Steelers could suddenly have competition for the services of future Hall of Fame QB Aaron Rodgers, after some unexpected NFL news over the weekend.

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00:00It's felt like a foregone conclusion for weeks that Aaron Rodgers would be a member of the

00:04Pittsburgh Steelers, but following the sudden retirement of a Pro Bowl quarterback, things

00:09might be changing. Ever since Aaron Rodgers met with the Steelers brass in a private visit that

00:14quickly was leaked by someone in the Steelers organization, it has felt like Aaron Rodgers

00:20would be a certified Pittsburgh Steeler in 2025. Obviously, there was then the throwing session

00:27between he and DK Metcalf, and we've received subtle yet steady breadcrumbs the whole time

00:33from Art Rooney, Mike Tomlin, Omar Khan, you name it, that Aaron Rodgers is likely to come

00:40to the Pittsburgh Steelers. But what he, and apparently nobody knew what was coming, was

00:44Derek Carr's sudden retirement on Saturday, which now leaves the New Orleans Saints with a rookie

00:51second-round pick named Tyler Shuck as their potential starting quarterback. So what we really

00:56have to analyze here is, would Aaron Rodgers consider going to the New Orleans Saints over

01:01the Pittsburgh Steelers? The first thing is money. Now that the Saints no longer have to pay Derek

01:07Carr because he's retired, they can suddenly lure Aaron Rodgers away and incentivize him with a better

01:14deal than the Pittsburgh Steelers. And I understand Aaron Rodgers said that he would only play for $10

01:19million or maybe less on the Pat McAfee show. Let's be honest here. He has won maybe at most two years

01:27left of certified starting caliber play in the NFL. He is not going to settle for anything less than he

01:33thinks he's worth. So that circumstance alone could intrigue him with the New Orleans Saints. But the

01:40Pittsburgh Steelers have put themselves into a pickle. Now that they have traded away George Pickens,

01:45if you look at both offenses, the Saints are maybe better, if not equal, than the Steelers in terms of

01:54their personnel. You go along the offensive line, they just used high draft capital on a rookie

02:00offensive tackle. They drafted an offensive tackle last year. Their wide receiver trio of Chris Olave,

02:06Rashid Saeed, and Brandon Cooks is night and day, head over heels, much better than the Pittsburgh Steelers,

02:12which is DK Metcalf, Robert Woods, and Calvin Austin III. So if you're the New Orleans Saints,

02:19you have potentially more money to offer and better weapons. We didn't even talk about the

02:24running back position where they have Alvin Kamara versus whatever it's going to be in Pittsburgh's

02:28backfield between Caleb Johnson, Jalen Warren, and Kenneth Gainwell. So this situation could be of

02:35sudden intrigue to Aaron Rodgers. Now, in the end, who offers the better situation or the better

02:42chance at winning a Super Bowl? It is undoubtedly the Pittsburgh Steelers. You have a built-in culture,

02:48a built-in standard, and one of the best defenses in the entire NFL that just got reloaded from this

02:54year's NFL draft. Obviously, the Saints defense is a complete mess. The organization has not been

03:00successful ever since Sean Payton left. So the Steelers definitely, definitely still had the leg up,

03:06and all signs still point to Rodgers joining Pittsburgh, but the sudden retirement of Derek

03:12could throw a wrench in things.

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