Aaron Rodgers and his future has been the primary subject of Pittsburgh Steelers dialogue this offseason. Naturally, that bled into the primary day of voluntary OTAs with many gamers being requested concerning the potential of Rodgers ultimately signing with the workforce.
“I’m advantageous with the fellows we bought proper now,” Patrick Queen stated in a video posted by TribLive’s Chris Adamski on X. “However the little fan in me…I grew up a fan of Aaron Rodgers, so it might be dope to have him on the workforce.”
Queen made it clear that he helps Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson and Will Howard however gave a slight tip of the cap to Rodgers. Aside from Cam Heyward’s transient second of frustration early within the Rodgers saga, the overwhelming majority of gamers have been optimistic about probably including the longer term Corridor of Fame QB to their roster.
Cam Heyward is likely one of the leaders within the locker room, so what he has to say on Rodgers clearly issues. He vented some gentle frustration on the endless saga earlier within the course of however has in any other case been pretty optimistic concerning the concept of Rodgers in current weeks on his podcast. Heyward speaks from a little bit of expertise after lacking OTAs final yr as he held out for contractual causes.
“I feel generally we put a lot inventory into the offseason the place we are able to get caught up in considering it’s all the things,” Heyward stated in a video posted by Pittsburgh’s DSEN on YouTube. “Sure, it will possibly assist. Sure, guys can get higher. However who’s to say you’ll be able to’t be higher outdoors of right here? I hate to level to it, however final yr I missed all OTAs, so it didn’t actually assist me.”
Veteran gamers get much less worth from spring practices. Troy Polamalu used to coach with a non-public coach as a substitute of attending OTAs, and I don’t suppose that hampered his skill to be an ideal participant or teammate. Rodgers isn’t going to enhance as a participant due to OTAs alone, however it might be good for him to get acquainted together with his teammates if his intention is to ultimately signal.
Mason Rudolph talked about coping with the fixed noise related to Rodgers and the potential for a depth chart shake-up in Pittsburgh. We wrote about that earlier, however he clarified in a video posted by Steelers.com that he’s had no contact with Rodgers.
Pat Freiermuth was requested about going by way of the offseason with out understanding who his quarterback goes to be.
“I simply take it day-to-day. It’s what it’s. Simply making an attempt to place my head down and be a frontrunner for this offense,” Freiermuth stated in a video by way of Steelers.com. “We bought a whole lot of new faces on this workforce and simply type of uphold the usual that I realized from older guys after I was right here. So there’s a whole lot of different issues I may be doing [other] than worrying about who’s gonna be our quarterback.”
Freiermuth and Rudolph are the one two gamers drafted by the Steelers who’ve been round for multiple contract. The offense may be very younger total, so it’s essential for Freiermuth to proceed to develop into his management position. That doesn’t change whether or not or not Rodgers finally indicators with the Steelers.
