{"id":856062,"date":"2026-04-06T00:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856062\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T00:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:39:16","slug":"steelers-fans-wont-like-potential-aaron-rodgers-landing-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856062\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers&#8217; fans won&#8217;t like potential Aaron Rodgers landing spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> will do at quarterback in 2026 remains a mystery, and we are at the beginning of April.<\/p>\n<p>With Aaron Rodgers still unsure what he will do, we have heard reports that the Steelers will know by the NFL Draft whether he will return.<\/p>\n<p>But that is time wasted for the franchise if he doesn&#8217;t return, because they could have gotten a new quarterback in the building in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>For CBS Sports&#8217; Garrett Podell, he thinks Rodgers&#8217; best landing spot in 2026 is with the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A return to the Pittsburgh Steelers to reunite with Mike McCarthy makes plenty of sense, especially after trading for another weapon in wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr.,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/2026-nfl-free-agency-landing-spots-aaron-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Podell wrote<\/a>. \u201cPittman complements DK Metcalf perfectly since his areas of expertise are in the short, intermediate areas as well as over the middle, thanks to his polished route-running technique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetcalf is a downfield deep threat as well as a liability to break loose on a screen pass. Rodgers now has what he was missing last season at the No. 2 receiver spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/news\/analyst-urges-odd-49ers-reunion-all-pro-wr\/6fddd4a46aac729204eb60c0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Analyst urges odd 49ers reunion for All Pro WR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is a Rodgers return good for Pittsburgh?<\/p>\n<p>Well, if he does, it will give the Steelers the best chance at making the playoffs, but most know Pittsburgh isn&#8217;t a genuine Super Bowl contender in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he would give the franchise the best shot at success in the short-term.<\/p>\n<p>But is another 9-8 season and being a mid-table team the right avenue to go down? Or should the franchise look to go younger and take their lumps with someone like Will Howard?<\/p>\n<p>How the franchise approaches Mike McCarthy&#8217;s first season will be interesting, as they already have a good No. 2 receiver in Michael Pittman Jr. for Rodgers if he returns.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the Steelers appear content to wait for Rodgers to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>Whether that is good or not is up for debate.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What the Pittsburgh Steelers will do at quarterback in 2026 remains a mystery, and we are at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-856062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","13":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116354977947408387","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856062","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=856062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}