Brian Baldinger

It's driven by GMs and coaches and owners.

They have the power, and I thought when they came out with that, I guess, quirky, tender, you know, it was kind of even Pittsburgh.

which can't really get their offensive act together consistently, was putting a flag, planting a flag into the ground saying, we're going to do it our way.

We had Robert Mays, a great writer and podcaster for The Athletic.

And I asked him about, you know, would you tolerate this if you were the Steelers GM?

I just don't understand why this is worth it.

Where he's at in his career, I just don't understand why the cost-benefit is in your favor if you're the Steelers.

And I think some people have played this out where they've said, well, what else would they do at quarterback?

My thought on that is anything.

I don't think he played well last year.

If you look at the way that he's playing the position right now, the frequency of how often he's checking the ball down, the lack of ambition down the field, the lack of ambition even in the intermediate area of the field, I just think that his...

approach to the quarterback position right now is so limited.

One of the downsides to having an older quarterback is they don't want to get hit.

And I thought Eli Manning in his last year, Eli was just getting rid of the ball.

He didn't want to get hit.

I totally get it.

The knock on Aaron is he's playing it safe in that pocket.

He's not extending plays.

He's getting rid of the ball.

Now, I will defend him as they didn't have a number two receiver last year.