Some of the intriguing free brokers nonetheless on the NFL market is quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who is anticipated to be formally launched by the New York Jets when the brand new league yr begins at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Rodgers has been in a position to converse with different groups about discovering a brand new dwelling after a failed two-year tenure in New York, and two groups which have come out as supposed frontrunners are the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants.
The Steelers are extra win-now than the Giants. Pittsburgh was a playoff workforce final season, whereas New York was 3-14. Pittsburgh additionally made an enormous transfer, bringing in huge receiver D.Ok. Metcalf in a blockbuster commerce with the Seattle Seahawks.
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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, #8, reacts after a landing go throughout an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photograph/Adam Starvation, File)
The Steelers would supply Rodgers with a great roster to get the job achieved every week. Nonetheless, one workforce legend doesn’t consider it could be a match made in soccer heaven.
ESPN analyst Ryan Clark, who performed eight of his 13 NFL seasons with the Steelers whereas successful a Tremendous Bowl with the franchise, used the well-known Disney movie “The Lion King” to clarify why he feels Rodgers and the Steelers might result in a “rubbish season.”
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“Let’s say you place Scar on the workforce – you understand, Scar from the ‘Mufasa’ film and ‘The Lion King’ proper?” Clark instructed his colleagues on ‘Get Up.’ “Right here it’s: Mufasa is attempting to be Scar’s brother. Have you learnt what Scar’s title was earlier than Scar? It was Taka. Have you learnt what Taka meant? Rubbish, wasted. That’s precisely what can occur in case you carry Aaron Rodgers in there. You can have a wasted season, you can have a rubbish season.”
Clark backed up his opinion on Rodgers becoming a member of his former workforce by saying it had nothing to do with the four-time MVP quarterback gelling with head coach Mike Tomlin. As a substitute, he believes working alongside offensive coordinator Arthur Smith, who joined Pittsburgh in that position final season, may very well be a problem.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, #8, warms up earlier than an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Buffalo Payments in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photograph/Pamela Smith)
“You can have a locker room that has to regulate to not solely Aaron Rodgers, however Arthur Smith and Aaron Rodgers attempting to determine who’s going to win the battle of what they need the offense to be,” Clark defined. “They know what Arthur Smith needs: He needs to run the soccer, he needs to get some play-action go. That’s not the way in which Aaron Rodgers likes to play soccer.
“So, it isn’t concerning the character of Mike Tomlin mixing with anyone, as a result of he can coach anyone, relate to anyone, he can inspire anybody. However does it work with the X’s and O’s, and when the X’s and O’s don’t work, and Omar Khan, the final supervisor of the Pittsburgh Steelers, says, ‘OK, this piece isn’t working. Do we’ve got to begin it over again in Pittsburgh and discover a new quarterback?’”
Clark then acquired extra animated when discussing the personalities of Rodgers, in addition to his high receivers if he have been to go to Pittsburgh, calling all of them “crash outs.”
“Sure, it appears to be like nice. It appears to be like nice that you just acquired D.Ok. Metcalf and George Pickens on the market, however you bought two crash outs,” Clark mentioned. “You’re going to have two crash outs at huge receiver, after which add the quiet crash out at quarterback? Hell no. This isn’t one thing that I really feel in my soul as somebody that loves the black and gold, I don’t get all heat and tingly fascinated by this.”
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, #8, walks on the sphere through the second half of an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Buffalo Payments in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photograph/Adam Starvation)
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If Rodgers doesn’t head to the Steelers, Russell Wilson, who was the workforce’s starter final season, can be a free agent and will head again to Pittsburgh.
Rodgers’ twentieth NFL season wasn’t what he deliberate, going 5-12 because the Jets’ starter with 3,897 passing yards with 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
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