The Pittsburgh Steelers are expecting a decision about Aaron Rodgers’ future before the upcoming NFL draft, according to a new report.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aaron Rodgers said earlier this offseason<\/a> that the team hasn’t given him a deadline to let them know his plans for the upcoming season, but it appears as if that decision will be made in the next month or so.<\/p>\n KDKA-TV Steelers Insider and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Gerry Dulac said Sunday<\/a> that the team is expecting an answer on Rodgers’ future before the April 23 draft.<\/p>\n “I still expect that,” said Steelers president Art Rooney II. “I expect we’ll get an answer before the draft.”<\/p>\n “When I talked to him and Omar talked to him, he told us he wasn’t going to take as long this year as he did last year,” Rooney said. “I’m not 100% sure what that means, but I expect something before the draft.”<\/p>\n In his lone season with the Steelers, Rodgers threw 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, leading Pittsburgh to an AFC North division title<\/a>, losing in the wild card round of the postseason to the Houston Texans<\/a>.<\/p>\n While it’s unknown what direction Rodgers will go with his decision, the veteran quarterback offered high praise for new Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy<\/a>, who was hired to replace Mike Tomlin<\/a> after he stepped down after nearly two decades with the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I love Mike, and Mike and I have kept some contact over the years,” Rodgers said earlier this year, calling McCarthy “one of the great guys in the league,” adding that he’s an “exceptional human being with a big heart.”<\/p>\n The NFL draft<\/a> will be hosted in Pittsburgh this year from April 23-25.\u00a0<\/p>\n