Mike Florio

McCarthy ends up with a team that just so happens to have a six-round pick at quarterback that McCarthy independently loves.

That's way too convenient.

And there are people around the league who look at that and say, they're just saying what they have to say as they –

look at guys that they could maybe draft this year.

And I think the play would be get Rodgers back for a year and then get another quarterback who is on the depth chart behind Rodgers for a year and then Rodgers is gone next year.

And that guy, ideally for the Steelers' sake, would be developed to the point where he could compete and win the job.

That wasn't anything that landed on my radar screen.

And look, we're in the press room with a TV set all week talking to coaches, GMs, and prospects.

And I don't think Tomlin ever showed up there anyway.

So it didn't affect our experience at the Combine one bit.

And I didn't hear anything from anyone saying, man, it sure is weird in Indianapolis without Mike Tomlin here.

I think we'd already have 18 games if Floyd Howell hadn't resigned amid controversy last summer.

I believe the NFL is going to move quickly.

I've reported multiple times that the fact that there isn't a date set in stone for the Super Bowl to be played in Atlanta in February of 2028, and usually by now we know exactly when a Super Bowl two years away is going to be because you've got a convention center lined up, you've got all the hotels ready to go.

They've specifically waited due to the possibility of getting an 18th game as soon as 2027 that would affect the date of that Super Bowl.

I think the league is going to move quickly.

I would suspect they're going to approach Tretter with a very specific and detailed offer, and the message is going to be, if you don't take it now, it's only going to get worse.

If we have to eventually lock you out and get you to cry uncle to give us 18 games, it's going to be worse.

Here's the deal.

This is a great deal.