Brian Batko

Well, I think if you're running it back with Rodgers, it would be pretty easy and I guess logical to run it back with the other guys in that room.

You'd have the same sort of hierarchy or pecking order, but ideally with a healthy Will Howard, unlike this past season.

But, yeah, I mean, you'd have Mason Rudolph as your –

middle of the road, break glass in case of emergency.

But maybe Will Howard emerges if he gets a chance to show out in the preseason this year, unlike last season.

So that's kind of what I think they're going to do.

I think it would be

You know, it probably roll out guys like Malik Willis and, you know, some of those players who are going to be on the open market this year if you opt to sign Rodgers.

And we know what this draft class is looking like.

It seems like every year that the Steelers are sort of set up to make a move at quarterback in the draft, 2026.

2022, the college ranks do not provide them with the depth of options that they were hoping for going into it.

And then the years that they are not looking at quarterback, look at, you know, there's four, five, six going in the first round.

So they can't seem to time that up right lately.

I don't know what's worse, wasting picks or wasting seasons and years of Cam Hayward and TJ Watt at this point while you keep cycling through options that aren't getting it done.

Say what you will about Aaron Rodgers, I think he played better than I expected this past season, but the move itself to bring him in at quarterback still did not get them over the hump in the playoffs.

It's not like that wildcard game was 33-30 that they lost and he did all he could.

No, the offense sputtered completely.

It wasn't just on him, but

that wasn't the solution.

And I guess you could stare at it long enough and convince yourself, okay, maybe he's a better fit for what Mike McCarthy wants to do offensively and they have the familiarity between each other and things will go better.