So there you have it.
Aaron Rodgers told his best bud, Pat McAfee, that he is “pretty sure” that this will be his final season.
When you get Rodgers, you get everything that comes with it. Now you get that with Rodgers having no worries about the following season. Of course, that’s if he doesn’t change his mind on some caveman retreat.
As I said earlier, Pittsburgh’s best option at the quarterback position was to call Atlanta about Kirk Cousins.
Currently, aside from Rodgers, Pittsburgh’s quarterback room consists of Skylar Thompson, Mason Rudolph, and rookie Will Howard.
That’s not a room that should have a one-and-done quarterback at the helm.
That would mean, a year from now, the Steelers will be back in the market for the most important position in the NFL. It’s not the way to run a franchise. Just ask teams like the Cleveland Browns and the Las Vegas Raiders.
The biggest error in the post-Ben Roethlisberger era by the Steelers’ organization is its failure to get the quarterback position correct.
It has cut off the legs from Mike Tomlin’s coaching legacy. If Tomlin had stability in the position, he and the Steelers would have appeared in at least one more Super Bowl.
Instead, if it weren’t for the Cleveland Browns, the Steelers would have the worst quarterback situation in the division.
Signing Rodgers is a temporary band-aid to the position, and who knows if the band-aid still has any healing power. With Rodgers, the Steelers aren’t better than Baltimore, and depending on the Cincinnati Bengals’ defense, they might not be better than them.
That’s why this is a head-scratching decision.
If the Steelers thought this out, they would have a young quarterback better than Howard in the quarterback room.
Instead, if something happens to Rodgers, Pittsburgh will have to turn to Thompson or Rudolph. Woof.
No matter how this season ends, Pittsburgh will be searching for a quarterback this time next season, but, hey, this is what they asked for.
