When will we get a decision from Aaron Rodgers?
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Every Friday right around now, we bring on Mr. Ray Fittipaldo of the Post-Gazette. And what a man he is, Charlie Borges. Ray, how you doing today?
Good morning, Joe. How are you? You got me?
I got you. You're on YouTube. You should watch the show out there. If you can on YouTube, go to YouTube.com or go through our website, 937thefan.com. Ray also on the Sullivan Super Service fan hotline, Pittsburgh's trusted plumbing and HVAC provider for over 50 years. And fan Twitter brought to you by South Hills Kia Peters Township. Visit them at SouthHillsKia.net. What did you make of Charlie Batch saying that this is about money with Aaron Rodgers? That's what his, I guess his sources must be telling him, because that's what he's saying on his podcast, that Aaron Rodgers wants $30 million for this season. What did you make of that, Ray?
Joe, I have not heard that, but I did find it a little bit odd that when he went on McAfee, He made it a point to mention that he hadn't had an offer yet from the Steelers. I think everyone, and I'm not going to speak for the Steelers, but I think a lot of people thought it was going to operate the way it did last season. Do you want to play when you make that decision? Yes. Okay, then here's the contract. And he was very amenable to the Steelers having more – dollars to spend elsewhere on his roster like money was not a big deal for him last year so I don't know maybe I'd have a hard time believing that he would want to jump from 15 to 30 million um but I think everyone thought that yeah I mean if he's going to come back they might have to pay him 18 or 20 but 30 I I don't know if the Steelers would go to 30 to be honest with you
So that's interesting. I mean, doesn't Rodgers have them over a barrel right now? If they're willing to go to 20 or a little above 20, don't you kind of have to go to 30 if that's what he's looking for?
I don't know about that, Joe. I think the Steelers, you know, from the front office on down, I think they understand that they have to get their future franchise quarterback at some point anyway. And whether you start the clock on that, you know, in April of 2026, or, you know, in January of 2027, I think they've come to the realization that it's not going to be perfect whenever it does happen. So listen, if Aaron wants to come back, great, they can get on with that, you know, as planned in 2027. But if it happens this year, you just sort of have to rip off the bandaid. And, you know, Will Howard would compete with Mason Rudolph and probably another veteran, and their intent would be to get Will Howard ready at some point in 2026 where they could judge him in games.
I'm not saying it would be the opener, but week four, week eight, week ten, at some point they would want to evaluate him in games and see if he is indeed a future franchise guy.
Ray, you've done a number of mock drafts. Where are you leaning now? Where do you think the Steelers go? Still receiver? You think the guard from Penn State?
What does Ray Fittipaldo say about Aaron Rodgers' contract situation?
What's your spidey sense in your sources saying?
Yeah, I mean, Joe, it's really interesting. No pro day visits this week. So they kind of they were out at pro days. I'm sorry. They were no top 30 visits this week. They were out at pro days. So I think you'll see the pro days are, excuse me, the top 30 visits heat up again at the end of the next weeks after the owners meetings are over. So not a lot of new information, to be honest. I think I'm still receiver guard or safety. I think it's going to be one of those three positions. And, you know, I keep mentioning this, you know, you know, the receivers, a lot of these guys were, you know, top 10 receivers. Definitely top 20 before this process started and whether it's a bad 40 time or whether it's injury concerns like you have with Jordan Tyson, you're seeing some of these receivers fall.
So I still think if the Steelers sit at 21 and they don't move up and they can get one of these top four or five receivers in this draft, I think they would have a hard time not making one of those picks.
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