Former NFL GM Has Bold Aaron Rodgers Prediction

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ pickens’ are getting slim as far as extending his NFL career, in 2025.

After the New York Giants signed Russell Wilson, it appears that the final logical team that could offer an opportunity to start this fall is the Pittsburgh Steelers. Though, general manager Omar Khan and the Steelers might be better off and certainly the more prudent thing than signing Rodgers might be to select one of the quarterbacks in next month’s draft, and try to start over at the most important position in sports.

However, at least one former general manager, former NFL Executive of The Year Jeff Diamond, believes that the Steelers will instead roll the dice on Rodgers having at least one more prolific season left in the tank.

“Rodgers reportedly had a positive visit with the Steelers,” Diamond writes for The 33rd Team. “At their facility last week. Pittsburgh is seeking a starting quarterback after Justin Fields signed with the Jets, and Russell Wilson is signing with the Giants.

“Rodgers surely sees Pittsburgh as a team with a good supporting cast of skill players on offense after they traded for Seattle wide receiver DK Metcalf to pair him with George Pickens. They also have a solid tight end in Pat Freiermuth. Despite Steelers team leader Cameron Heyward taking a shot at Rodgers for slow playing his decision, I see the Steelers signed him to a one-year, $30 million contract with big incentives for playtime and playoff victories (which the Steelers haven’t had since 2016).”

While the suggestion of Rodgers landing with the Steelers isn’t exactly a novel one at this stage, especially after the Minnesota Vikings stopped pursuing the four-time NFL MVP, Diamond’s proposed contract would be a whopper of a commitment.

If the Steelers commit $30 million to Rodgers, he’d walk into the building as the 20th highest-paid quarterback, by AAV, in the league, despite having not reached the postseason in four years.

In a lot of ways, signing Rodgers would be part of the Steelers’ Modus Operendi since Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement, as illustrated by taking a flier on both Justin Fields and Russell Wilson last season. Whether it works out any better in Pittsburgh than it did for the Jets, betting on Rodgers’ flickering potential is a completely open question in and of itself.