{"id":24802,"date":"2025-05-05T04:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T04:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/24802\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T04:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T04:06:10","slug":"nfl-reporter-reveals-pittsburgh-steelers-likely-qb-plan-if-aaron-rodgers-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/24802\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL reporter reveals Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 likely QB plan if Aaron Rodgers retires"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> have seemed to be banking all offseason on future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers<\/a> eventually signing with the team to start in 2025. With mandatory veteran minicamp approaching, Rodgers is still considering retirement, thus leaving Pittsburgh with uncertainty.<\/p>\n

Sports Illustrated<\/a>\u2018s Albert Breer wrote this past week that the Steelers continue to signal a degree of confidence that Rodgers will still play for them. However, with retirement still under consideration, he does believe the team would explore a Kirk Cousins<\/a> trade if Rodgers walked away.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Rodgers stats (ESPN<\/a>):\u00a03,897 passing yards, 28-11 TD-INT, 63% completion rate, 6.7 ypa, 90.5 QB rating, 40 sacks taken<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has done everything it can at this point to appease Rodgers\u2019 patient decision-making process. The club didn\u2019t take a quarterback early in the 2025 NFL Draft and outside of signing Mason Rudolph, the team has left its starting job wide open for Rodgers to step in and take it whenever he wants.<\/p>\n

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Kirk Cousins stats (ESPN<\/a>): 3,508 passing yards, 18-16 TD-INT, 66.9% completion rate, 7.7 ypa<\/p>\n

At some point, though, the organization can\u2019t keep waiting. The team\u2019s patience has already cost it a chance of landing most of the starting-caliber quarterbacks in NFL free agency. If Rodgers retires, a trade with the Atlanta Falcons<\/a> would be the only viable option remaining.<\/p>\n

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It would also make for an interesting negotiation between the two clubs. Realistically, Atlanta doesn\u2019t have any remaining suitors for Cousins, but the club has made it clear they are very willing to roster him in 2025. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh is realistically out of reasonable options, but it would be the one team willing to take Cousins\u2019 contract off the Falcons\u2019 hands.<\/p>\n

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The Steelers have still publicly expressed a willingness to roll with Rudolph as their starting quarterback in 2025, but that sentiment isn\u2019t being taken seriously around the league. Once the Rodgers\u2019 domino falls, we\u2019ll also likely know Cousins\u2019 fate for the start of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

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