\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWAIT. SO I\u2019M LEANING TOWARDS HE COMES UP. ALL RIGHT. LASTLY, NFL FREE AGENCY BEGINS MARCH 11TH. HOW LONG BEFORE WE GET A DECISION FROM AARON RODGERS? AND WHAT\u2019S THE LATEST YOU\u2019RE HEARING. WELL I WOULD HOPE THAT IT WILL BE SOMETIME THIS WEEK. I HAVEN\u2019T HEARD ANYTHING NEW SINCE WE LAST TALKED ABOUT THIS, WHICH WAS I WAS HEARING EVERYTHING COUNTER TO THE REPORTS THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK. THERE WAS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. YOU HEARD WHAT OMAR KHAN SAID ABOUT BEING PATIENT WITH IT AND HAVING IT NOT DRAG OUT TO JUNE. WELL, YEAH, I WOULD HOPE SO. BUT YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT\u2019S FREE AGENCY TIME OR THE LEGAL TAMPERING PERIOD, AND THEY HAVE ANY VISION WHATSOEVER OF TAKING A QUARTERBACK IN FREE AGENCY LIKE MALIK WILLIS OR MAKING A TRADE FOR SOMEONE. DO IT AND DON\u2019T WAIT ON RODGERS BECAUSE HE\u2019S YOUR GUY. NOW, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR WHEN THE MUSICAL CHAIRS STOPPED AND YOU BOTH JUST HAPPENED TO BE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. THIS IS ABOUT RETAINING YOUR OWN PLAYER, AND TO ME, THAT\u2019S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH. SO I WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO MOVE AWAY FROM RODGERS IF HE ISN\u2019T READY TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER BY, SAY, THE LEGAL TAMPERING PERIOD. SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR GAME PLAN IS GOING INTO FREE AGENCY AND THE DRAFT. AND SHOULD IT COME T\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRunning back Rico Dowdle and the Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed on a $12.25 million, two-year deal, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract can\u2019t be finalized until the start of the league year on Wednesday.Dowdle ran for 1,076 yards and six touchdowns last year in Carolina after surpassing 1,000 yards in Dallas in 2024. He\u2019ll help replace Kenneth Gainwell, who agreed on a deal with Tampa Bay.Steelers free agent tracker: Who’s staying and who’s leavingPittsburgh opened the free agency period Monday by upgrading their wide receiver group, acquiring veteran Michael Pittman Jr. from Indianapolis for a late-round pick in this year\u2019s draft.A person with knowledge of the deal told the AP the Colts are sending Pittman to Pittsburgh. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not official.Pittman has 485 receptions for 5,254 yards and 25 touchdowns in six seasons, including 80 catches for 784 yards and seven scores in 2025.____AP Sports Writer Will Graves contributed to this report.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Running back Rico Dowdle and the Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed on a $12.25 million, two-year deal, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract can\u2019t be finalized until the start of the league year on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Dowdle ran for 1,076 yards and six touchdowns last year in Carolina after surpassing 1,000 yards in Dallas in 2024. He\u2019ll help replace Kenneth Gainwell, who agreed on a deal with Tampa Bay.<\/a><\/p>\n Steelers free agent tracker: Who’s staying and who’s leaving<\/a><\/p>\n Pittsburgh opened the free agency period<\/a> Monday by upgrading their wide receiver group, acquiring veteran Michael Pittman Jr. from Indianapolis<\/a> for a late-round pick in this year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n A person with knowledge of the deal told the AP the Colts are sending Pittman to Pittsburgh. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not official.<\/p>\n Pittman has 485 receptions for 5,254 yards and 25 touchdowns in six seasons, including 80 catches for 784 yards and seven scores in 2025.<\/p>\n ____<\/p>\n AP Sports Writer Will Graves contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WAIT. SO I\u2019M LEANING TOWARDS HE COMES UP. ALL RIGHT. LASTLY, NFL FREE AGENCY BEGINS MARCH 11TH. HOW…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[30345,102345,2005,27997,4092,19,7,30342,112607,6,13846,6266,520,57,2360,7152,426,112606,112608,1285],"class_list":["post-804634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-anonymity","tag-ap-source","tag-colts","tag-condition","tag-contract","tag-draft","tag-football","tag-knowledge","tag-league-year","tag-nfl","tag-person","tag-pittman","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-rico-dowdle","tag-steelers","tag-two-year-deal","tag-veteran-michael-pittman-jr","tag-yard"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116205241809605230","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804634","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=804634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}