Aaron Rodgers has lots of detractors, but one of them is not former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger is fully in favor of the Steelers going after Rodgers and believes Rodgers could elevate the Steelers’ offense and team beyond where they would be otherwise.
"Aaron comes in here, the team just gets this much better,” Roethlisberger said on Footbahlin. “I mean you get a Hall of Famer in here. You know what still works? His arm and his brain. And so, I think that that’s something that instantly makes this team offensively something to think about.”
Rodgers held a workout with DK Metcalf on Monday, sparking more thoughts on whether he would end up signing with the team. Team president Art Rooney II said they would not wait forever but would at least wait a ‘little while longer’, even if he never thought it would take this long.
Mike Tomlin gave what seemed like a true deadline, though it has not been communicated to Rodgers. For Tomlin, the line of demarcation would be training camp.
“In the spring, it’s about teaching and learning and getting familiar with players and making sure they get familiar with some of the things that we value. It’s not an evaluation time of the year for us. It’s certainly not a time of year where we’re focused on readying ourselves for the game action. Certainly, training camp would kind of be a line of demarcation in terms of that discussion. This spring is about teaching and learning,” Tomlin said.
That would put July as the deadline for Rodgers. Even Rodgers would be pushing it waiting that long, but he could end up dragging it out if he wanted to, just to see if any other options, such as the Minnesota Vikings, would emerge for his services.
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