Yahoo Sports host Andrew Siciliano and senior NFL writers Charles Robinson and Frank Schwab discuss if the Pittsburgh Steelers could be in play for QB Malik Willis and what that means for Aaron Rodgers coming back for another season in Pittsburgh. Check out the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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I do think that there will be, I think, three teams really in play for Malik Willis, and I think the Steelers are the one in, kind of in the weeds.
And anyone who comes out here and makes any declarative statements, apparently they’re going to their text messages with Aaron Rodgers, which are right between their text messages with the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.
They don’t exist, okay?
Aaron’s not telling anybody else.
He’s gonna tell the Steelers, right?
That’s where we’re gonna find out.
So watch how the Steelers move.
If the Steelers are silent and they don’t move on a quarterback, they don’t become involved with Malik Willis, then I think that is ultimately your answer.
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I think, and by the way, I think they could w- play out just like they did last season.
Aaron Rodgers maybe indicates to them behind closed doors or to Mike McCarthy directly, “Hey, I’m, I’m coming.
I’m feeling like I’m gonna come back and I’m gonna play.”
And they could still go and dip into the quarterback pool in the draft in the middle rounds, where I do think there could potentially be a developmental player that you could sit down behind Aaron Rodgers and hope that between Will Howard and another player, you could come out with your quarterback of the future.
And by the way, Mike McCarthy’s not a young coach.
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They, you know, and the Steelers roster’s not young.
It needs to win now.
So to me, it’s, it’s, if they don’t get the, the call from Aaron Rodgers quickly, and we don’t know that information, it will be how they guide themselves through the quarterback market, and I, and I think specifically with Malik Willis, if there’s no involvement whatsoever with Malik Willis, I think that could be indicative.