It appears inconceivable the Pittsburgh Steelers gained’t know Aaron Rodgers’ future by September. After all, it appeared unlikely in March the Rodgers’ saga could be ongoing by the top of Might. Because the crew begins OTA practices with out Rodgers, ESPN’s Adam Schefter believes the Steelers will carry on ready during the summer season.
“It’s Might twenty seventh, and their first recreation just isn’t till September seventh once they play the New York Jets,” Schefter stated on ESPN’s Get Up Tuesday morning. “So I might say they’re prepared to attend till September seventh.”
His remark is perhaps extra hyperbolic and Schefter, like each different usually clued-in insider, hasn’t had sturdy reporting on Rodgers’ future. Recognized for holding a decent circle, few on the skin have any clear thought of when Rodgers will make his choice. Hypothesis shifted from early in free company to shortly after his go to to the Steelers’ facility to earlier than the draft to the beginning of offseason practices.
Publicly, Mike Tomlin hasn’t indicated there will probably be a deadline for Rodgers to reach. Solely proprietor Artwork Rooney II has provided the mildest type of stress, indicating the crew gained’t wait “ceaselessly,” but it surely’s a line he’s repeated all through the offseason and one which’s begun to ring hole. Rodgers is the very best quarterback obtainable and the Steelers’ pursuit of breaking their postseason drought appears to be sufficient motivation to attend longer than anybody anticipated.
The little dependable reporting that does exist associated to Rodgers and the Steelers signifies the 2 sides stay in communication. And at a current concern query and reply, Rodgers just lately hinted at signing with Pittsburgh. That’ll buoy the crew’s confidence to attend out the method and settle for Rodgers lacking the beginning of OTAs, even when it ought to increase a pink flag for the franchise.
Whereas Schefter provided the September “deadline,” his perception is a Rodgers’ reply will come before that.
“I believe we may hear one thing within the subsequent couple of weeks about him coming again to Pittsburgh,” he stated.
There’s already a rising surge of angst over ready this far. If Rodgers doesn’t arrive by necessary minicamp, that feeling will intensify. Pittsburgh can permit Rodgers to attend so long as he needs but when the storyline doesn’t have a decision by coaching camp in July, a lot much less September, the group will really feel the warmth for a way they’ve dealt with the state of affairs.
