{"id":772241,"date":"2026-02-24T02:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/772241\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T02:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:04:26","slug":"not-like-were-talking-about-the-new-york-jets-bryant-mcfadden-argues-why-steelers-shouldnt-rebuild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/772241\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Not Like We’re Talking About The New York Jets’: Bryant McFadden Argues Why Steelers Shouldn’t Rebuild"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last few seasons have felt the same for the Pittsburgh Steelers. They\u2019ve finished 10-7 and lost in the first round of the playoffs in each of the last three years. It feels like the Steelers are stuck. With Mike Tomlin stepping down after the 2025 season, some fans advocated for the team to hit the reset button.<\/a> However, former Steelers corner Bryant McFadden explained why Pittsburgh shouldn\u2019t be rebuilding.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d McFadden said Monday on CBS Sports HQ.<\/a> \u201cRebuild? I\u2019m sorry to hit them with a stray, but it\u2019s not like we\u2019re talking about the New York Jets. We\u2019re talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers. They won the AFC North a year ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey won the AFC North with a 42-year-old quarterback. I understand, you lose a guy like Mike Tomlin, there is a turnover that is going to happen, but in terms of rebooting and starting a rebuild, no. There is no need for that because you still have key major pieces in place\u2026 This is more a retool, in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Steelers aren\u2019t one of the worst teams in the league. They haven\u2019t even had a losing season since 2003. Some teams, like the Jets, would kill for that kind of consistency, even if it meant being stuck in a playoff win drought.<\/p>\n

However, the Steelers are held to a higher standard. Just making the playoffs isn\u2019t good enough, and even winning a playoff game likely wouldn\u2019t placate many fans. The Steelers are expected to compete for championships.<\/p>\n

While that can be a double-edged sword, it\u2019s part of their identity.<\/a> Art Rooney II said that he doesn\u2019t like rebuilding. Despite their postseason struggles in recent years, the Steelers still hold a certain prestige. They aren\u2019t going to make drastic changes now, especially after hiring a veteran coach like Mike McCarthy.<\/p>\n

Rebuilding is easier said than done, too. Teams like the Jets and Cleveland Browns have been rebuilding for years, yet they remain among the NFL\u2019s worst. Being bad for a year or two won\u2019t magically fix the Steelers.<\/p>\n

Should they take a different approach to roster building? That\u2019s a better question to ask. The Steelers have been plugging in veterans past their prime at their quarterback spot in recent years, and that doesn\u2019t seem to be going anywhere. Still, Pittsburgh is interested in re-signing Aaron Rodgers.<\/p>\n

Was Rodgers terrible last season? No. Does he drastically raise the<\/a> Steelers\u2019 ceiling if he returns, though? Probably not. Maybe they\u2019ll win a playoff game with Rodgers, but what happens next year? The Steelers can\u2019t keep putting a Band-Aid on their quarterback position. That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that they need to rebuild, but they aren\u2019t as close to a Super Bowl as McFadden makes it seem.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last few seasons have felt the same for the Pittsburgh Steelers. They\u2019ve finished 10-7 and lost in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[19009,4830,7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-772241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-bryant-mcfadden","9":"tag-cbs-sports-hq","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-jets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkjets","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116123157523864288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772241","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=772241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}