Some folks is likely to be anxiously ready for Aaron Rodgers to make up his thoughts about whether or not he will play this upcoming season.
Mike Tomlin just isn’t amongst them.
The Pittsburgh Steelers coach advised reporters on the NFL’s house owners conferences that whereas he loved spending a while with the four-time league MVP when Rodgers visited the staff’s facility earlier this month, he has no intention of placing Rodgers on a clock.
“Deadlines don’t typically convey that to a head,” Tomlin mentioned.
So for now there does not look like one, not even with the NFL Draft lower than 4 weeks away and the Steelers holding the twenty first general choose.
Rodgers, a free agent for the primary time in his 20-year profession, has been linked to Minnesota and the New York Giants as effectively, though the Giants appear to no longer be in play after signing Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston.
The Vikings additionally look like set at quarterback with J.J. McCarthy getting back from an damage that price him his rookie season.
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On the floor, the talk seems to be whether or not Rodgers needs to play in Pittsburgh, or if he needs to play in any respect.
The Steelers did convey again Mason Rudolph on a two-year deal. However the one different quarterback presently on the roster is former Miami Dolphin Skylar Thompson. There’s loads of room so as to add, each bodily and when it comes to wage.
“We’re optimistic in regards to the room that we’re establishing,” Tomlin mentioned, later including, “However actually we’re going to proceed to discover all our choices when it comes to rounding that room out.”
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Tomlin and Rodgers have lengthy had an affinity — publicly anyway — for one another, together with a few moments throughout video games lately during which they appeared to acknowledge one another for his or her gamesmanship, moments rapidly went viral.
The NFL’s longest-tenured head coach known as Rodgers’ go to “a very good day,” though it ended with Rodgers leaving and not using a deal.
Pittsburgh has been caught in a little bit of quarterback purgatory since Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement after the 2021 season. The staff has churned via 5 quarterbacks in three years, but has additionally by some means made the playoffs twice earlier than making a fast exit.
Whoever is the quarterback will get an opportunity to throw passes to DK Metcalf, acquired in a commerce with Seattle three weeks in the past. Tomlin mentioned he expects the two-time Professional Bowler to be a “huge asset.”
“It’s not solely when it comes to the tangible issues that he brings, however there’s an superior intangible high quality to him as a employee and as a person that’s equally thrilling,” Tomlin mentioned.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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