Aaron Rodgers is Back for 2026

[Fiji Mariner]

Just thinking ahead.. "when" rodgers goes down,, its going to be the strangest reaction from the crowd @heinz field ,, ever.

Hopefully it’s quick like his first season with the JETS

 

[Fiji Mariner]

Just depends on wants right? I want to win yesterday, today, and tomorrow. A bridge free agent starter makes between 15-25 per year. He makes 25 with incentives I can live with it.

Yesterday is out the window-wasn’t gonna happen with Tomlin & T-biscuit, OldeRuss or the geriatric Rodgers

Today sure as hell ain’t happening with an older yet geriatric scaredshitless Rodgers that wasn’t good enough last year.

Now tomorrow is out the window too cuz they sure won’t be developing Allar or Howard…so next season do they draft yet another QB???

This franchise needs leadership with a vision and the ability to build a competent team. Art sure AF ain’t the guy to do it.

Hopefully that foot sticks in Art’s ****** turf and that Achilles pops again.

Knew they’d be this stupid…sad day for the reactive mediocrity loving Steelers, what an effing joke a once proud franchise has become.

 

[slashsteel]

Yesterday is out the window-wasn’t gonna happen with Tomlin & T-biscuit, OldeRuss or the geriatric Rodgers

Today sure as hell ain’t happening with an older yet geriatric scaredshitless Rodgers that wasn’t good enough last year.

Now tomorrow is out the window too cuz they sure won’t be developing Allar or Howard…so next season do they draft yet another QB???

This franchise needs leadership with a vision and the ability to build a competent team. Art sure AF ain’t the guy to do it.

Hopefully that Achilles gets stuck in Art’s ****** turf

You can blame Rooney and a former inept coach for a decade of futility. Also you can thank them for missing the boat in free agency last year. This year the options blew. Why can’t they develop a room with a new scheme and HC? I wouldn’t say that is out the window. I thought it was less than ideal this season and they did what they could do. We can not entirely like the situation but in the end I still think he can win while they try to restock and rebuild.

 

[Gildong Sack]

Just depends on wants right? I want to win yesterday, today, and tomorrow. A bridge free agent starter makes between 15-25 per year. He makes 25 with incentives I can live with it.

I hear you, but he had no other offers we had him over a barrel.

 

[slashsteel]

The issue is they feel they are contenders, this shows by bringing Rodgers back... and teams dont go into a season they think they have a shot with two virtual rookies... compounding matters is that in 2019, the Steelers caved to fan pressure and kept Duck Hodges to go with inexperienced Mason Rudolph while trading Josh Dobbs, them Ben went Down and their season was screwed... so you probably wont see them do it again.. drafting allar meant barring injury, Howard is gonna have to have a lights out super camp otherwise he is probably getting dealt or cut

We will see. They stocked like they are contenders so the damn sure better try. They have to see what they hey have in these rookies in camp. There is a new sheriff in town and he has to get an up close look to assess. We can think one way but they will have to look to know who is what.

I am not a disbeliever that training camp can’t accomplish a feel for what they have in the room with a competent coach.

This is the new Steelers I will let them take a look.

 

[Fiji Mariner]

Some ill people on here.

Steelers plan to miss the playoffs; they want an excellent draft pick.

They do want to see what the young qbs can do, and I’m sure Rodgers wants to play few snaps.

Translation: they are going to play the young qbs this year, and Rodgers provides an experienced backup who may start the season if none of the kids are ready.

Not having to throw young qbs into the fire is not a bad thing.

Dullards

Dumbest assessment I’ve seen in a while
They didn’t bring him back to be a backup

******* dullard

 

[slashsteel]

I hear you, but he had no other offers we had him over a barrel.

Yeah? He could retire and leave you with less in the room. He did have that option.

 

[Fiji Mariner]

You can blame Rooney and a former inept coach for a decade of futility. Also you can thank them for missing the boat in free agency last year. This year the options blew. Why can’t they develop a room with a new scheme and HC? I wouldn’t say that is out the window. I thought it was less than ideal this season and they did what they could do. We can not entirely like the situation but in the end I still think he can win while they try to restock and rebuild.

Allar and Howard will again be unknowns next year unless the Steelers are fortunate for the old man to break and be out for a significant (more than 50%) portion if the season.

I’ll be rooting for significant injury early cuz the Steelers are too effin stupid to have any vision for the future. They say never root for injury…**** that. If the ownership is too stupid sometimes that’s the last resort to save themselves from their own cowardice and stupidity.

I don’t root for the Browns
The Steelers are becoming the Browns

Saw this coming, but definitely am now to the point that it’s time to take a year off…watch teams that give a **** and maybe come back next year cuz this song and dance is like taking your sister to prom…no winners ever coming away from this dance... And should the Steelers score they’re ******* their damn sister for fucksake.

Can’t even with the absolute stupidity and bafoonery of Art’s Steelers.

 

[Avoid_Lloyd]

1 playoff win is probably the ceiling for this team now and we are another year away from really even beginning to find the future QB with Howard and Allar sitting on the bench and getting limited reps-I’m almost more excited about watching these two play in the pre season than watching the regular season this year

We will need to draft a QB in round 1 next year as we learn very little about the young QBs we have now, unless of course Rooney does it all again and brings back Rodgers for a 3rd season

 

[slashsteel]

Allar and Howard will again be unknowns next year unless the Steelers are fortunate for the old man to break and be out for a significant (more than 50%) portion if the season.

I’ll be rooting for significant injury early cuz the Steelers are too effin stupid to have any vision for the future. They say never root for injury…**** that. If the ownership is too stupid sometimes that’s the last resort to save themselves from their own cowardice and stupidity.

I don’t root for the Browns
The Steelers are becoming the Browns

Saw this coming, but definitely am now to the point that it’s time to take a year off…watch teams that give a **** and maybe come back next year cuz this song and dance is like taking your sister to prom…no winners ever coming away from this dance... And should the Steelers score they’re ******* their damn sister for fucksake.

Can’t even with the absolute stupidity and bafoonery of Art’s Steelers.

Cmon man we never root for injury not a good approach.

I get you wanted youth I do.

I want that. I want to win now more.

And hey just because you start with option A doesn’t mean it ends with it. This isn’t the old coaching staff. If one QB develops and the other one declines it isn’t out of the realm that a change is made.

I want them to look hard at the room and develop and have them ready. I am prepared to give them the chance to do that.

For me I would have been upset if the coaches didn’t change. Now I give them a fighting chance to figure it out.

 

[slashsteel]

1 playoff win is probably the ceiling for this team now and we are another year away from really even beginning to find the future QB with Howard and Allar sitting on the bench and getting limited reps-I’m almost more excited about watching these two play in the pre season than watching the regular season this year

We will need to draft a QB in round 1 next year as we learn very little about the young QBs we have now, unless of course Rooney does it all again and brings back Rodgers for a 3rd season

We know Allar isn’t ready. Then you had a 6th round try hard. He will get his training camp looks. But perhaps our wants don’t align with what they see at the position. They might have evaluated and saw the answer not in the room and Allar being a future possibility.

I am also excited to see them in preseason as one of them might be playing sooner than anticipated.

 

[Avoid_Lloyd]

We know Allar isn’t ready. Then you had a 6th round try hard. He will get his training camp looks. But perhaps our wants don’t align with what they see at the position. They might have evaluated and saw the answer not in the room and Allar being a future possibility.

I am also excited to see them in preseason as one of them might be playing sooner than anticipated.

Agreed Slash, Allar isn’t ready now, but what about in November? I don’t see why Howard couldn’t be ready earlier than that.

Like you I want to see wins, but I don’t see this team as a threat to win it all, so if we can’t be that I’d rather end the year knowing something about Allar and Howard

You’re right of course that there was no way Rooney was going to allow this team to start the year without Rodgers if he could be had, Rooney can’t stomach a rebuilding year and has told everyone that already

 

[Aussie_Steeler]

I hear you, but he had no other offers we had him over a barrel.

You sure he didn't have an offer from Jitter's nursing home?

 

[slashsteel]

Agreed Slash, Allar isn’t ready now, but what about in November? I don’t see why Howard couldn’t be ready earlier than that.

Like you I want to see wins, but I don’t see this team as a threat to win it all, so if we can’t be that I’d rather end the year knowing something about Allar and Howard

You’re right of course that there was no way Rooney was going to allow this team to start the year without Rodgers if he could be had, Rooney can’t stomach a rebuilding year and has told everyone that already

Of course they aren’t a threat to win it all they are transitioning.

Hell we might know more in that room by end of training camp.

As far as play a long season , longer than what once was. Very hard to predict how it shakes out.

AR might get injured or underperform. Or one of the QBs could surprisingly advance their play causing a change.

Or by camp they might be …man the answer isn’t here this year.

I think they weren’t sold on the room out of the gates but that doesn’t mean things don’t change. Many of things can sway different outcomes.

Say the team wins a playoff game with AR would that be horrible? I can not rule that out. Some decent changes in the offseason. In history of the sport some teams have won with less.

 

[SteelerSask2]

With Rodgers back, are we thinking Mason will be the backup and well learn nothing about Howard or Allar?

This would be the really bad part of this. Let the kids fight out for backup and broom Rudy.

 

[xjx]

A $22M rented mule. Play ball!

 

[Cras108er]

Doubt they keep 4 QB's and if you put 1 on the PS he'd get picked up. So who is the odd man out?

I don’t think Howard gets picked up by another team. 31 teams passed on him five times last year. He hasn’t really shown anything since. I believe he’d make it to PS, unless he just balls out this preseason.

 

[bermudasteel]

Has anyone checked on Coryea?

Comedy gold!!!

 

[bermudasteel]

They should cut Will Howard now. Rodgers needs some reps as starter. Allar should get the bulk of the rest because he's the upside guy that McCarthy hand picked. Rudolph has a role as the experienced #2 who can be ready on limited reps. There's just not enough reps to try to develop Allar and Howard.

What ale were you drinking BEFORE you shared this thought???

Methinks you sampled dat Ripple or Purple Urple...

 

[bermudasteel]

It's not about wanting to see more from him. He's an experienced backup. You need one of those on the team. Rodgers is old.

If the steelers didn't sign Rodgers and they just wanted to roll the dice this year on Rudolph starting until Allar or Howard is ready, it would mean they were punting on 26 as a developmental year.

Signing Rodgers means they want to win this year. That means no room for 2 backup QBs with zero NFL snaps.

I hear Landry Jones is available...

 

[slashsteel]

I don’t think Howard gets picked up by another team. 31 teams passed on him five times last year. He hasn’t really shown anything since. I believe he’d make it to PS, unless he just balls out this preseason.

Training camp and the preseason could very well change this perception. Sure teams passed on him but he wasn’t a 7th rounder. There was still some wiggle room there. A common perception was that he fell and that teams were well QB stocked by that point. That there wasn’t a huge need. Not sure at this point I want to roll the dice. As you said he could ball out. Perhaps I let him and Rudy battle it out and the loser I send packing. I think that would be a fair approach and one the team very well could take on.

 

[bermudasteel]

Some ill people on here.

Steelers plan to miss the playoffs; they want an excellent draft pick.

They do want to see what the young qbs can do, and I’m sure Rodgers wants to play few snaps.

Translation: they are going to play the young qbs this year, and Rodgers provides an experienced backup who may start the season if none of the kids are ready.

Not having to throw young qbs into the fire is not a bad thing.

Dullards

I see you had a deep gulp of Ripple too...

 

[bermudasteel]

So does Howard or allar have the injury that puts them on IR

Allar

 

[bermudasteel]

In the words of Dee Snider

“If that’s your best…your best won’t do!”

We’re not gonna take it
No we ain’t gonna take it
We’re not gonna take it anymore

What a dumbazz **** for brains clinging to mediocrity owner the Pittsburgh Steelers have.

Rodgers was mid last year and ain’t getting better, but sure throw the chicken **** scared of contact geriatric QB back there for another run that is GUARANTEED to go absolutely nowhere.

This move likely sets the franchise back at least 2-3 more years.

Effing clown show of an organization
May as well be the Stains with how bad they are screwing up a QB situation

I'm looking at it with my positivity shades on...

WR room is 1000% better and the OL, on paper, is better too.

Mix in our new RB combo with Uncle Rico touting da rock - they MIGHT BE better than expected...

 

[slashsteel]

I see you had a deep gulp of Ripple too...

Some were hitting the ripple hard last night even on twitter you would swear it was the Mardi Gras .