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Wentz, 32, has thrown for 22,413 yards, 153 touchdowns, and 67 interceptions in his nine-year NFL career. After a promising start with the Philadelphia Eagles, he\u2019s predominately been a backup quarterback in the NFL He hasn\u2019t been a starter since 2021 with the Indianapolis Colts. In the last three years, he\u2019s served as a backup QB for the Washington Commanders, Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins could be another option, but that would require a trade.<\/p>\n
ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler said the Steelers have Cousins on their radar<\/a> and would at least look into trading for the veteran QB.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cSo Rodgers Plan A, Kirk Cousins could be a viable Plan B,\u201d Fowler said on SportsCenter<\/a>. \u201cAfter making some calls today, I do believe he\u2019s been on their radar. If something were to fall through with Rodgers, certainly they could reconvene, call Atlanta, and see if they could shake something out. But right now, Rodgers is their guy.\u201d<\/p>\n Adam Schefter of ESPN said in April the Falcons would consider trading Cousins<\/a> if the right deal is on the table.<\/p>\n \u201cPublicly, the Falcons have said they\u2019re not interested in trading quarterback Kirk Cousins but that they\u2019d entertain offers if the right deal was on the table,\u201d Schefter wrote<\/a>. \u201cAtlanta has asked for any acquiring team to pay $20 million of the $45 million worth of guarantees left on Cousins\u2019 contract. To date, no has been willing to do that, and no team is expected to be willing to. But what happens this weekend \u2014 and which franchises come out of the draft with or without rookie quarterbacks \u2013could influence how much guaranteed money a team might be willing to absorb on Cousins\u2019 contract.\u201d<\/p>\n Rodgers dropped a major hint<\/a> he\u2019s going to sign with the Steelers.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n During a concert last Saturday in Austin, Texas with his friend and artist, Mike Stud, Rodgers held a Q&A with the crowd.<\/a><\/p>\n At one point during the session, a girl asked him if he would ever play for the Chicago Bears. Rodgers replied, \u201cNo. But I believe there is a team that might play in Chicago this year, a road trip to Chicago. I love Chicago, though, way more than they love me. It\u2019s been a great relationship all one way.\u201d<\/p>\n The Steelers play the Bears in Week 12 at Soldier Field. The Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints also both play at Chicago this season, but they\u2019re not considered clear-cut favorites to land Rodgers like the Steelers.<\/p>\n Rodgers was later asked if he would sign with the Steelers, and he gave a rather ambiguous answer.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cYou never know,\u201d Rodgers said.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Steelers Now<\/a>: Steelers Could Pivot to Veteran QB if Aaron Rodgers Spurns Them<\/a><\/p>\n Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All signs point to Aaron Rodgers eventually signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But if the four-time league MVP…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2059],"tags":[1586,254,1763,391,2005,7699,7,8578,2004,392,2381,212,125,6388,110,294,58,259,55,6,109,57,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-79268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-carson-wentz","11":"tag-chicago-bears","12":"tag-colts","13":"tag-fl","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-icon-sportswire","16":"tag-indianapolis","17":"tag-indianapolis-colts","18":"tag-indianapoliscolts","19":"tag-jacksonville","20":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","21":"tag-jeremy-fowler","22":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","23":"tag-kirk-cousins","24":"tag-los-angeles-rams","25":"tag-minnesota-vikings","26":"tag-new-orleans-saints","27":"tag-nfl","28":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","29":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","30":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79268","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=79268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}