The Pittsburgh Steelers are nonetheless ready to listen to whether or not Aaron Rodgers desires to be their beginning quarterback in 2025, and so they could also be holding tabs on one other veteran as a backup plan.
Steelers president Artwork Rooney II made it clear this week that the group has not moved on from Rodgers, saying Pittsburgh is willing to wait “a short while longer.” All indications have been that Rodgers stays the Steelers’ best choice, however are they prepared handy their offense over to Mason Rudolph if Rodgers turns them down?
Throughout a Saturday morning look on “SportsCenter,” ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler stated he has been advised the Steelers haven’t dominated out pursuing Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins.
“I had some conversations with folks this week that led me to consider that Cousins is on the very least on the Steelers’ radar, if one thing had been fall by means of on Rodgers,” Fowler stated, via Adam Wells of Bleacher Report.
The reporter famous that Cousins nonetheless has $37.5M in assured cash remaining on his contract, which complicates any potential commerce.
“They have not proven quite a lot of curiosity in buying and selling Cousins, it will take a hefty price ticket for an additional group to wiggle that out. As one supply advised me, in the event that they had been prepared to take a small share, like let’s say $7M or $8M of that cash, a deal can be achieved by now,” Fowler added. “There was curiosity earlier within the offseason. Proper now, Pittsburgh is likely to be the one hope for Cousins or he’s caught in Atlanta.”
The Steelers start organized group actions on Could 27 and necessary minicamp on June 10. There’s a likelihood they might be prepared to attend till coaching camp in July for Rodgers to decide, however they want readability sooner fairly than later.
Cousins can be an extremely costly backup for the Falcons behind Michael Penix Jr. Atlanta’s feeling is probably going that they owe Cousins a lot cash that there isn’t any cause to chop him, although a strong argument can be made that they’re higher off transferring ahead with out him.
