The Aaron Rodgers determination 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 in the end holding out for the Minnesota Vikings for the primary month of free company, it will definitely turned clear that the Pittsburgh Steelers are his solely possibility. Colin Cowherd, piggybacking (and misconstruing) a latest 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 through The Herd on FS1. “He doesn’t wanna offend Mike Tomlin. It could be, if he desires to play, his finest spot. However they will’t work out offense. I’ve gone over this one million instances. They’re tone deaf to offense. I believe they’re now making strikes simply to make strikes. I simply suppose Aaron is just too sensible to suppose the Steelers are an excellent match.”
Since Ben Roethlisberger retired, the Steelers have completed twenty third, twenty fifth, and twenty third in whole offense. Even in Roethlisberger’s final two seasons they had been twenty third and twenty fifth. They haven’t even managed to be a median offense during the last 5 years, they usually’ve tried loads of various things with three totally different offensive coordinators, a first-round working again, a first-round quarterback and a number of offensive line overhauls over that point.
Rodgers can be one of the best 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 folks might consider Rodgers, he’s a soccer junkie by means of and thru. Ian O’Connor, who wrote a biography on Rodgers, thinks that ardour for the sport remains to be there. There is no such thing as a doubt that Rodgers is conscious of the shortcomings of the Steelers’ offense lately.
He’s in all probability additionally conscious of the studies that they stripped Russell Wilson of the liberty to take a look at of performs final season. Based on 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 general, DK Metcalf brings a steady WR1 to the offense, and the working again scenario has an opportunity to enhance with Kaleb Johnson within the combine.
Whereas Fowler did point out the potential of Rodgers holding out hope for the Vikings nonetheless, it was removed from the report that Cowherd appears to be working with. All indicators nonetheless level to Rodgers signing with the Steelers within the coming days or even 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 at the least a median unit in 2025.
