Aaron Rodgers signs with Steelers

[Sierra Foothills]

5 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Goes both ways?!  Offense and defence?! 🤔

 

Not that there's anything wrong with that... 

 

[BillsFooteball]

Week 1: Will the jets be doing a video tribute showing all his highlights during his time there? 

 

[GunnerBill]

On 6/7/2025 at 8:01 PM, BuffaloBillyG said:

In the grander scheme of things this isn't as bad if a move for the Steelers as many think.

 

Their defense is extremely good. They don't need much from the offense to win games. Rodgers isn't a world beater anymore...but he's steady and doesn't turn the ball over much historically. So if they get steady play I can see them pushing 10-11 wins and being in the hunt for the division late in the season. Makes it harder for Baltimore. 

 

And if Rodgers gets hurt again, play slips and it all goes sideways, they can see what they have in their late round rookie, pick high next year for a possible franchise QB and use it as leverage to finally move on from Tomlin (who I do think is a good coach. Just maybe time for someone new there)

 

Everyone keeps saying how good the Steelers D is... I mean it was fine last year but it wasn't a dominant D. 12th in yards against. 8th in points. 17th in yards per play... they were good on 3rd down but they were very much the kind of paper tigers that the Bills D often gets accused of. Very good at keeping bad teams under 17. Not great at keeping good teams under 28. 

 

 

And to finish my point.... that's why I don't see Aaron adding more than maybe one win. He isn't going to out duel Burrow or Jackson or Allen or Mahomes in games that become relatively high scoring (and they actually split with the Ravens and Bengals last season which is not a given they do again) and their problem wasn't lacking a Quarterback to get them to 21 when they were holding lesser teams to scores in the teens. Wilson and Fields were doing that well enough. 

 

It feels like another season where their best outcome is a wildcard and a playoff loss.

Edited 22 hours ago by GunnerBill

[eball]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

It feels like another season where their best outcome is a wildcard and a playoff loss.

 

Yep.  They’re in the “we don’t suck but we’re also not a legitimate title contender” purgatory…and a lot of Steeler fans I know aren’t happy about it.

 

[BillnutinHouston]

On 6/7/2025 at 12:32 AM, Big Turk said:

It's crazy how some teams just won't admit when they need to go into rebuild mode.

 

Steelers are going nowhere until they accept reality.

 

Both the Steelers and Penguins have long had this problem.  They rely way too long on over-the-hill stars - see Roethlisberger, Malkin, Lemeiux.

[Gregg]

25 minutes ago, BillnutinHouston said:

 

Both the Steelers and Penguins have long had this problem.  They rely way too long on over-the-hill stars - see Roethlisberger, Malkin, Lemeiux.

 

Both teams are probably scared to rebuild as they watch the Pirates never ending rebuild

[Richard Noggin]

17 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Everyone keeps saying how good the Steelers D is... I mean it was fine last year but it wasn't a dominant D. 12th in yards against. 8th in points. 17th in yards per play... they were good on 3rd down but they were very much the kind of paper tigers that the Bills D often gets accused of. Very good at keeping bad teams under 17. Not great at keeping good teams under 28. 

 

 

And to finish my point.... that's why I don't see Aaron adding more than maybe one win. He isn't going to out duel Burrow or Jackson or Allen or Mahomes in games that become relatively high scoring (and they actually split with the Ravens and Bengals last season which is not a given they do again) and their problem wasn't lacking a Quarterback to get them to 21 when they were holding lesser teams to scores in the teens. Wilson and Fields were doing that well enough. 

 

It feels like another season where their best outcome is a wildcard and a playoff loss.

 

Rodgers DOES seem to me like the perfect QB to maximize Metcalf, in that he throws elite slants, boundary fades, and back shoulders. Rodgers will wear out single coverage if he's got a legit "#1" he syncs up with. I don't know how much RPO Arthur Smith intends to implement, but that seems like one way to give Rodgers and Metcalf the stage to shine. (Also relies on a decent running game; stay tuned there.)

 

Am I remembering correctly that Rodgers historically hates pre-snap motion? I'm curious how that aligns with his OC, and how ANY contemporary NFL OC could justify LESS pre-snap motion these days. I get that simplicity can allow a team to play freer and faster, but I believe you gotta try to give your guys some easy reads and manufactured advantages whenever possible. (Remember when Pittsburgh's last franchise QB eventually hated being under center and running play-action off of being under center, because he didn't like to turn his back to the D? How did that serve Pitt's offense down the back stretch of his career?) 

[GunnerBill]

4 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

Rodgers DOES seem to me like the perfect QB to maximize Metcalf, in that he throws elite slants, boundary fades, and back shoulders.

 

He used to. Rodgers was abysmal throwing more than 10 air yards last season. His deep ball accuracy has fallen off a cliff. He was still good with the short game so slants are still a weapon but down the field he was about the worst QB in football.