Aaron Rodgers Meets with Steelers Regarding Opening at QB

It was announced late last week that the Vikings reportedly have no interest in bringing in the former MVP and division rival quarterback for 2025 to join J.J. McCarthy in the QB room, and with Jameis Winston securing a job with the Giants, Rodgers’ options are effectively narrowed down to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and retirement. Given the stage of his career Rodgers is at and the apparent distance between the Browns and contending, the Steelers appear to be the only feasible destination if Rodgers would want to continue his career – and Pittsburgh is reportedly ‘aggressively pursuing’ the quarterback given the shallow remaining QB pool. Should Rodgers land with the Steelers, he’d have plenty of weapons with which to operate – the newly acquired D.K. Metcalf and George Pickens make up a gnarly two-headed monster at WR, while Pat Freiermuth is a solid option over the middle. The question is whether or not Rodgers still has it in him to be a fantasy relevant quarterback after checking in as the overall QB15 in 2024. He finished just four times as a top-10 weekly finisher at the position, and that was even with a supporting cast in New York that was better than what he’d have with the Steelers (Davante Adams, Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall). Rodgers would likely profile as a mid to low QB2 with occasional QB1 upside if he ultimately signed with the Steelers, but it seems as though his says as a fantasy QB1 are behind him at this point.