The Aaron Rodgers resolution cycle has lasted so lengthy that older theories at the moment are being recycled and thrust again into the forefront of the dialog. Whereas many thought he was finally holding out for the Minnesota Vikings for the primary month of free company, it will definitely grew to become clear that the Pittsburgh Steelers are his solely choice. Colin Cowherd, piggybacking (and misconstruing) a current report from Jeremy Fowler, now thinks Rodgers’ delay has to do with the Vikings as soon as once more.
In typical Cowherd vogue, the argument boils right down to his view of the Steelers’ offense.
“The Steelers are a shaky match, and Aaron is aware of it,” Cowherd stated by way of The Herd on FS1. “He doesn’t wanna offend Mike Tomlin. It could be, if he needs to play, his finest spot. However they will’t determine offense. I’ve gone over this 1,000,000 occasions. They’re tone deaf to offense. I feel they’re now making strikes simply to make strikes. I simply assume Aaron is simply too sensible to assume the Steelers are a very good match.”
Since Ben Roethlisberger retired, the Steelers have completed twenty third, twenty fifth, and twenty third in complete offense. Even in Roethlisberger’s final two seasons they had been twenty third and twenty fifth. They haven’t even managed to be a mean offense over the past 5 years, they usually’ve tried loads of various things with three totally different offensive coordinators, a first-round operating again, a first-round quarterback and a number of offensive line overhauls over that point.
Rodgers can be the most effective quarterback they’ve had since Roethlisberger’s elbow harm in 2019, however he would nonetheless be combating an uphill battle on offense for his NFL swan track.
No matter individuals might consider Rodgers, he’s a soccer junkie via and thru. Ian O’Connor, who wrote a biography on Rodgers, thinks that zeal for the sport remains to be there. There isn’t a doubt that Rodgers is conscious of the shortcomings of the Steelers’ offense lately.
He’s most likely additionally conscious of the experiences that they stripped Russell Wilson of the liberty to take a look at of performs final season. In keeping with Steelers insider Mark Kaboly, that wouldn’t fly with Rodgers.
On the flipside, there are causes for optimism. The offensive line has loads of excessive draft picks invested in it, and it must be an ascending group total, DK Metcalf brings a steady WR1 to the offense, and the operating again scenario has an opportunity to enhance with Kaleb Johnson within the combine.
Whereas Fowler did point out the opportunity of Rodgers holding out hope for the Vikings nonetheless, it was removed from the report that Cowherd appears to be operating with. All indicators nonetheless level to Rodgers signing with the Steelers within the coming days or perhaps weeks. If and when he does, that may simply be the start of the work with loads of boundaries to beat to make this offense a minimum of a mean unit in 2025.
