News: ESPN: Aaron Rodgers plans to sign with Steelers, sources say

[Swagger]

Unless you are very new school and want a QB with legs...or you think he is injury prone due to his age....

What about a qb with good ball placement, decent arm still and great decision making...makes them barely able to drive a bus?

It's gaslighting...or you overvalue some other trait.

Rodgers has everything but being mobile and youth. What characteristics are you thinking trump his positives? And those positives are elite, hard to find skills.

Genuinely curious

He played well towards the backend of last season. He had a few poor games like in London against the Vikings but behind a horrible line and coming off an achilles injury he actually played pretty well on the whole. It was probably his worst season ever yet a career year for some other quarterbacks. He's playing in a tough division but he has a good defense to help him out. I'm surprised they didn't keep Pickens...

 

[Swagger]

I think Rodgers is a paradox for this board and it's narrative...

So posters just resort to hate that involves moving goal posts.

Unless this board has quickly turned pro running QB(something Rodgers isn't now)...Rodgers does everything this board wants from Dak.

Age/fragile, immobile, personality...or use of team stats against him is all you can argue with. Everything else he checks the boxes of an elite pocket passer.

Immobile shouldn't matter in a passing league. Age...who cares if he is elite at driving the bus.

Being immobile doesn't really matter if you are Aaron Rodgers behind a good line as he's one of most talented quarterbacks to ever throw a ball and pick apart a defense...being immobile does matter if you are Dak Prescott.

 

[diamonddelts]

Done deal now:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45459152/aaron-rodgers-plans-sign-steelers-sources-say

Ivory Springs washed.

 

[maryquality]

Being immobile doesn't really matter if you are Aaron Rodgers behind a good line as he's one of most talented quarterbacks to ever throw a ball and pick apart a defense...being immobile does matter if you are Dak Prescott.

Yeah...still po'd that we couldn't beat him in the playoffs with him hobbling on one leg!!

 

[FanofJerry]

He played well towards the backend of last season. He had a few poor games like in London against the Vikings but behind a horrible line and coming off an achilles injury he actually played pretty well on the whole. It was probably his worst season ever yet a career year for some other quarterbacks. He's playing in a tough division but he has a good defense to help him out. I'm surprised they didn't keep Pickens...

He had a flawless game early in the season...it was a master piece.

He can still do things most can't.

I just don't see how age, immobility matter.

As of said earlier, now if he has some issue with buckling when pocket collapses and it causes loss of downs regularly....I may change my opinion of him. Buy I'm not aware of him having any such issue like that.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Being immobile doesn't really matter if you are Aaron Rodgers behind a good line as he's one of most talented quarterbacks to ever throw a ball and pick apart a defense...being immobile does matter if you are Dak Prescott.

Except Dak made a all pro being immobile in 2023…Todgers hasn’t since 2021…

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Being immobile doesn't really matter if you are Aaron Rodgers behind a good line as he's one of most talented quarterbacks to ever throw a ball and pick apart a defense...being immobile does matter if you are Dak Prescott.

Except Dak made a all pro being immobile in 2023…Todgers hasn’t since 2021…

 

[Proof]

Don't know what the issues were....could his oline protect? Not how many all pros they might have....how were they as a unit?

I think it was game two last year that showed what Rodgers is capable of still. He threw basically a perfect game. Perfect placement of balls....just a stellar game.

The guy can read a field and sling the rock if pass pro is there and he has decent pieces

he's arguably the most talented qb of all time. there's still going to be flashes because he has every skill you could want at the position. but it's just not sustainable at this point. i'm sure he'll have some wow moments though.

 

[mote]

he's arguably the most talented qb of all time. there's still going to be flashes because he has every skill you could want at the position. but it's just not sustainable at this point. i'm sure he'll have some wow moments though.

And yet.... he has fewer rings than Eli Manning... Go figure.

 

[Proof]

And yet.... he has fewer rings than Eli Manning... Go figure.

pretty sad that our in division rivals (sans wsh) have multiple classic performances against brady and arod.

 

[Praxit]

Ask the Jets how that worked out.......at his age he isn't making any team better now, he's done!!

..yeah, kinda weird how that turned out.

 

[EST_1986]

If anything, Howard can learn from him, if AR is willing to be a mentor.

that diva's ego is too fragile to mentor anyone

 

[mote]

pretty sad that our in division rivals (sans wsh) have multiple classic performances against brady and arod.

And Mahomes....

 

[FanofJerry]

he's arguably the most talented qb of all time. there's still going to be flashes because he has every skill you could want at the position. but it's just not sustainable at this point. i'm sure he'll have some wow moments though.

Fair.

Rare I find some that agree with me on Rodgers....at his peak...I think he might be best ever because he had the cold blood attitude and legs. There wasn't an unchecked box at all at his peak.

His mechanics are beautiful to watch...he makes the position look so easy and effortless.

If you watch him last year in a clean pocket...his mechanics are just so crisp.

He's right there with Mahommes and Brady. Brady had the weird intangibles...just a dogged, fierce competitor that prepared and delivered. Mahommes is like Michael Jordan of QBs because he has it all. Rodgers is like a morph of those two.

Mahommes is probably best all around ever. Rodgers checks all boxes(just was not ever as mobile as Mahommes is) but has a beautiful look to his game. I can't explain it. It's the way he makes the position look so easy and his crisp mechanics.

I'm a big fan of Romo and how he approached the game and his over all skill and mobility too. Romo will go down as maybe most underrated QB ever. So so so much talent in that guy.

 

[nalam]

If you give this guy time to execute a pass...it's crazy value for 20M.

His mechanics, decison making, arm and how slow the game is for him at this point in his career is top notch.

Ability to run as a QB and buy time seems to have gained a lot of praise past few years. Last 20 years, all you heard about was pocket passer this, pocket passer that. 6'5 pocket passer with an arm.

Anyway, this board hates on this guy...but his ability are unquestionable. And...HE IS WILLING TO THROE TIGHT WINDOWS and not care if they get picked if it was the right read. Something this board complains about with Dak.

The tight windows emphasis on this board is a trap though. It provides the ability to sling hate at a player. Don't throw tight windows...You're a weak minded beta QB. Throw tight windows that lead to more INTs...You're a turnover machine.

Anyway...20M is a steal for this level of talent if you can provide decent pass pro.

But aging body, and oneinjury away from retirement. without a stellar OL to protect, this got mid season collapse written on .

 

[Stash]

Rodgers is like most other high-maintenance athletes -Terrell Owens, Randy Moss, Chad Johnson.

The attitude and drama that they bring is tolerated - along as the talent outweighs it.

Rodgers has reached the point where that’s no longer the case.

Baggage > Talent

 

[gimmesix]

They dont like the fact that he was a shell of his former self the last two full seasons he played

Well, he did complete 63 percent of his passes with 28 TDs and 11 ints. last year, so that shell wasn't bad. Definitely has shown signs of decline, but it looks like he's still good enough to win with if the team is good around him. I think the Steelers have some questions in that regard on offense.

 

[FanofJerry]

But aging body, and oneinjury away from retirement. without a stellar OL to protect, this got mid season collapse written on .

That's fair.

I guess real GMs have to consider that.

I'm looking at the QB market and his contract...and seeing Green Lights based on my opinion he can still ball.

Where my opinion has kinks in its armor is...I don't know what Pit is trying to do this year or if they think they have a good team or not.

Obviously if you are trying to do something this year...maybe you tap the breaks on an old, fragile vet. But...it still comes back to 20M...only 20M.

The risk reward seems in Pitts favor unless you for some reason can't have an injury at QB.

Just seems like a no Brainer to me unless some computer has done the math and claims the likelihood of injury doesn't make it a sound decision.

 

[FanofJerry]

Rodgers is like most other high-maintenance athletes -Terrell Owens, Randy Moss, Chad Johnson.

The attitude and drama that they bring is tolerated - along as the talent outweighs it.

Rodgers has reached the point where that’s no longer the case.

Baggage > Talent

At 20M...nah.

The hate the guy gets is mostly from owners...he knows he had the talent to bend them over the barrel and did.

His attitude stuff was years ago. He seems to have same attitude as Troy, whom this board loves. Aaron is willing to chew out teammates for mistakes...or used to be willing.

I don't think he carries that fire anymore.

All those celebrity golf tournaments he does...he seems fine to be around. Sure...there are cameras everywhere....but two alphas that played in the same era and kne over shadowing the other....Brady and Rodgers get along great playing golf.

Maybe Aaron is like Rick Carlisle behind closed doors....will curse out the team facility janitor unnecessarily. But I think that fire might be in the past.

I'll give you his demands might be un-pleasant to teams...but if he is trying to win and the demands are reasonable to his and the teams success.....it's not that big of a deal. What? Is demanding an OC he likes or WR he likes that big of a deal? Don't coaches bring their preferred staff with them? Why can't the most important position in the sport ask for some things?

 

[shabazz]

Nothing more can be said of him but as an aside, does anybody remember when he was a "media darling" and could do not wrong in their eyes until he broke the cardinal rule and uttered those famous words in his August 2021 press conference.

Strange days indeed....