Should Aaron Rodgers sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he won\u2019t be throwing to George Pickens. Is that addition by subtraction or just plain subtraction? No one but Rodgers can answer that but beat writer Ray Fittipaldo believes the move won\u2019t dissuade Rodgers from coming to Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
\u201cAaron Rodgers likes detail with his receivers. He likes his receivers to run patterns a certain way\u2026I think he\u2019s probably okay with it,\u201d Fittipaldo told 93.7 The Fan\u2019s Andrew Fillipponi and Chris Mueller<\/a> Thursday evening.<\/p>\n Pre and post-snap, Rodgers carries a high standard and eye for detail. It\u2019s a large reason why rookie receivers have struggled to produce with him and even when veterans make errors, as Mike Williams did not running the \u201cred line\u201d that led to a game-ending interception, Rodgers has no problem calling them out.<\/p>\n For all of Pickens\u2019 talent, he wasn\u2019t the most nuanced, technical, or consistent route runner. Effort was an issue on plays where he wasn\u2019t the primary target. Mixing Rodgers and Pickens could be oil and water, volatility that could hurt the locker room.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no indication Rodgers was the explicit reason why Pickens was traded. Those reasons are clear. He wasn\u2019t coming back in 2026 and he was too much of a headache to justify rostering another season. Still, it doesn\u2019t solve the dilemma of replacing Pickens\u2019 talent and big-play ability in an offseason where GM Omar Khan explicitly stated the need to add more playmakers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Pickens\u2019 exit could open the door for Rodgers to get his band back together.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t be surprised if the Steelers try to go get somebody who has a history with Aaron Rodgers,\u201d Fittipaldo said. \u201cAnd I wouldn\u2019t expect that before Aaron signs, but I think after it becomes official he does sign. There are guys who played with him, with the Jets, with the Packers, who might be available.\u201d<\/p>\n Such names include New York\u2019s Allen Lazard and Green Bay\u2019s Romeo Doubs. Lazard is the most likely to be traded but Doubs is also a plausible candidate for the right price. Both free agents after the season, neither will cost much. But an\u00a0answer from Rodgers is the first step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Should Aaron Rodgers sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he won\u2019t be throwing to George Pickens. Is that addition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[11566,13635,7,6,520,57,2360,7827,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-35851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-andrew-fillipponi","9":"tag-chris-mueller","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-pittsburgh","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","15":"tag-ray-fittipaldo","16":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114476777856377258","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}