Analyst Thinks Steelers Put Themselves in an Awful Place with Aaron Rodgers: ‘You Are Screwed’
Dan Graziano of ESPN did not hold back on the Pittsburgh Steelers going all-in for 41-year-old quarterback Aaron Rodgers. He thinks the organization put themselves in an awful place.
“He won five games last year. He’s gonna turn 42 in December. You’re stuck waiting for the guy the Jets cut and you’re the Steelers. You are screwed,” Graziano said on Get Up Wednesday morning. “This is not going to work. The Steelers are not going to win the Super Bowl. It’s not going to happen.”
Steelers president Art Rooney II said the team is getting good signs about where it stands with Rodgers, though no decision has been made yet.
Speaking at the close of the 2025 NFL owners meetings on Tuesday, Rooney admitted that has been surprised that things have taken as long as they have with the free agent quarterback, but the team continues to be confident he’ll eventually sign with the Steelers.
Rooney said he saw Rodgers choosing to work out with Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf on Monday as one of a number of positive signs the team has gotten that Rodgers will eventually sign in Pittsburgh.
“I would say it’s a good sign he wanted to do that,” Rooney said. “We keep hearing that he’s, I guess, headed in our direction. That seems to be all signs are positive so far. … We keep getting positive sort-of signals about it. I’d say we feel pretty good about it.”
Like Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Omar Khan when they spoke earlier in the week, Rooney did not give a timeframe for a decision from Rodgers, and said the team is comfortable waiting at this point.
“Not forever, but a little while longer,” he said. “… Hopefully, we’ll know something soon.”
If Rodgers doesn’t end up signing with the Steelers, then as Graziano stated, the Steelers really would be screwed. They would most likely have to rely on Mason Rudolph being the starter. It would also be a terrible look for the organization if they got spurned by the four-time league MVP, especially given all the attention and effort put into it.
Alan Saunders provided reporting from Palm Beach, Fla.