Mason is back

[TDX27]

The Steelers seem to be holding their d$%% in their hands and are dumb enough to wait on Rodgers. Rodgers should have had a deadline to decide of yesterday by midnight and the Steelers should have been looking at other options and should make a final decision on someone today. I say just start Rudolph and draft someone. They have royally screwed this up.

Even if they do end up with Rodgers, they still screwed up this entire process by putting themselves in a position where Rodgers has all the cards. If they are going to sign someone else, do it now and move on.

 

[Drink IRON City]

The Steelers if they haven’t should give Rodgers a 4pm deadline of today and if you don’t agree to terms with us, the offer is pulled.
This is bs and they are being made to look weak and desperate by this over the hill QB who just flopped with the Jets.

Why give him till 4pm, call and make the offer and it’s a YES or NO answer, not “I’ll get back to you” at all.

Currently he is just “grooming” what we can expect for the season.



Salute the nation

 

[maowv]

This unnecessary drama is why I don't want Rodgers in Pittsburgh.

The guy has few options. If he wants to play then make a decision. If you don't then ride off to your ayahuasca lodge and get stoned out of your mind.

It's always unnecessary drama with Aaron Rodgers. Maybe he feels slighted that the Steelers didn't hold a parade down Blvd of the Allies in his honor before he signed? Maybe he wanted a key to the city? A street named after him?

Dude is old and has very limited options. It's sad that Pittsburgh made itself one of his only options.

 

[Confluence]

Rodgers ~ Aiyuk

any day now!

 

[Steeler Pride]

The handling of our WR position last year and our QB position this year makes our FO look about as incompetent as you can possibly get.

 

[SteelerSask2]

10 000 dollar question. Besides 13 games in a perfect situation that the Vikings didn't really want him back for.......what really seperates Mason Rudolph and Sam Darnold?

 

[Steeler Pride]

10 000 dollar question. Besides 13 games in a perfect situation that the Vikings didn't really want him back for.......what really seperates Mason Rudolph and Sam Darnold?

Talent...Sam has some of it and Mason is a few donuts shy of a bakers dozen.

 

[insaniti]

10 000 dollar question. Besides 13 games in a perfect situation that the Vikings didn't really want him back for.......what really seperates Mason Rudolph and Sam Darnold?

$92m

 

[WindyCitySteel]

Yinz spelled Dart or Howard wrong.

Ha! I’m afraid of Dart, before the combine he was a 3rd round prospect, struggled processing, not a great arm….now he’s Justin Herbert 2.0.

Howard might be OK.

Entire league overlooking Ewers, it feels — I think he’s the most well-rounded.

 

[WindyCitySteel]

Or Shough

Hard pass, 26, immobile.

 

[Sarge]

Talent...Sam has some of it and Mason is a few donuts shy of a bakers dozen.

I think it shows what being on a cohesive, talented team can do for a guy like Darnold. For me it's simple. Darnold was pretty terrible everywhere he went before he landed in Minnesota. Good team, good scheme, and all the sudden guy looks pretty good. Put him on the Titans, Steelers, Colts and he's probably not so awesome. Having an offensive line that can block and a Justin Jefferson is pretty important.

Rudolph, who knows what to make of that guy? Had a decent stretch with the Steelers to save the season, then went to Tennessee and stunk again. I think he'd be alright in the right scheme with talent around him, but still don't think he'd blow your doors off.

 

[insaniti]

Hard pass, 26, immobile.

Ran a 4.6 at the combine, he moves well in the pocket. Not everyone needs to be Michael Vick. And who cares if he's 26, if he pans out, are you telling me you'd pass on him because he's a few years older than other rookies? So you ONLY get him for 10 years instead of 12 or 13? Dumbest reason not to take a player.

 

[steelcan58]

Unless you are trading next year's 2nd nothing to move up with. Don't panic. They can have a down year. Not the end of the world people. Im ok with this if it is what it is.

I'm fine having a down year if it's because of a deficiency at QB. However I want to see other areas such as OL and the defense as whole vastly improve. I have a really empty feeling about what happened in those 2 areas last season.

 

[maowv]

I've heard some mention possibly trading for Joe Milton in New England.

Based on geography, we get a lot of Tennessee games on tv here. That guy was always intrguing to me.

6-5, 250, can run and has a Josh Allen-type arm. He's the same size as Ben Roethlisberger was as a rookie, but a better athlete and a stronger arm. I don't know anything of Milton's mental game or his accuracy but he is a better version of Anthony Richardson to my eyes. Project? Yes, probably as New England drafted Drake Maye the year after drafting Milton. Coming from that Veer n Shoot offense that Tennessee runs didn't help as it's basically a run-first and throw deep passes offense with little in between.

But on physical tools, that kid has what most NFL QB can't match. Might be worth a shot.

 

[Avoid_Lloyd]

As Darren Kovacivik hinted at this morning:

Maybe we take Rudolph and either another vet at his price tag or a mid round draft QB pick and roll with that, forget Rodgers and fill out the roster with other needs in free agency on offense instead of giving the 20-30 million Rodgers will demand

This is not a Super Bowl team this coming year. They need to get their franchise QB in the 2026 draft when it’s a better class, maybe stockpile 2026 draft picks too

The only problem is I don’t think Mikey likes Rudolph, Rudolph as a full time starter might threaten the Tomlinship

 

[SteelerSask2]

I'm fine having a down year if it's because of a deficiency at QB. However I want to see other areas such as OL and the defense as whole vastly improve. I have a really empty feeling about what happened in those 2 areas last season.

I agree completely. I'm more about general direction of team and what next coach has to work with then another 9-8 season.

 

[SteelerSask2]

$92m

Precisely. And might be value.......but might not be too.

 

[BLITZ]

Makes since for both sides

 

[TDX27]

As Darren Kovacivik hinted at this morning:

Maybe we take Rudolph and either another vet at his price tag or a mid round draft QB pick and roll with that, forget Rodgers and fill out the roster with other needs in free agency on offense instead of giving the 20-30 million Rodgers will demand

This is not a Super Bowl team this coming year. They need to get their franchise QB in the 2026 draft when it’s a better class, maybe stockpile 2026 draft picks too

I just posted this same thought in another thread prior to seeing your post.

 

[SteelerSask2]

As Darren Kovacivik hinted at this morning:

Maybe we take Rudolph and either another vet at his price tag or a mid round draft QB pick and roll with that, forget Rodgers and fill out the roster with other needs in free agency on offense instead of giving the 20-30 million Rodgers will demand

This is not a Super Bowl team this coming year. They need to get their franchise QB in the 2026 draft when it’s a better class, maybe stockpile 2026 draft picks too

The only problem is I don’t think Mikey likes Rudolph, Rudolph as a full time starter might threaten the Tomlinship

I really agree with this post.

 

[warriors42]

I love the signing. I do not sign Rodgers or Wilson now. Like I said in a different post, on draft day I start trading picks away like I'm a ten year old trading marbles or sports cards. Then I set back and see if we end up with a top ten pick that we could use along with all my picks I got from trading this year and go get Arch who is probably gonna be the best of all the Manning's.

One ****** season for another possible HOF QB. I take that in a heart beat.

 

[IndySteel]

We've had "down years" ever since Cowher's team lost the 2010 SB, so what's one more?

 

[Shane Falco]

I was hoping they signed Rodgers so when he throws an interception or does something stupid I could say ‘you done messed up A-Aron’

 

[KentuckySteeler]

Let's get Duck out of retirement (if Laney will let him) and let those two battle it out.

LOL At Looney, Tomlick and Con. "Winging it" with a once-vaunted franchise. DISGRACEFUL.

 

[MT~Forged]

Geez, last season the”Kahn Artist” got played by the Niners and Aiyuk and left us without a legit #2 all year now it’s a starting QB.
If I’m the owner I have to be looking at this and wondering wtf. But then again it’s Art II.

Some of you guys are unbelievable. You still believe that the playing for the Steelers is what every player wants more than anything. You don’t want to believe that maybe, just maybe, players don’t actually want to play in Pittsburgh. Just because YOU want to see them on the team doesn’t mean they want any part of that.

Kahn has done a good job of going after players to make the team better. Sometimes you just can’t sell players on the job. There are a number of reasons that make that sale harder.
1. The team is perceived as being cheap when it comes to semi-meaningless perks.
2. The team is perceived as being cheap when it comes to coaching and support staff.
3. Players still value Championships, and the Head Coach has proved he is not a viable option to that goal.
4. The Head Coach is rumored to make promises to get players to sign, only to not honor his word.
5. The weather tends to suck.
6. It is a small market that will limit other financial opportunities.
7. The Head Coach employs philosophies that no longer work.

I’m sure there are a few more, but just those make Kahn’s job more difficult. Now if they were still playing in the era where Teams had complete control over the player ………………. Many of those wouldn’t matter.