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On Tuesday morning, Adam Schefter, ESPN's perennial NFL reporter, joined Get Up to update everyone on where four-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers stand. Rodgers led Pittsburgh to a 10-7 record and the playoffs in his first year with the Steelers in 2025.
"I think that they're hopeful and optimistic that he will come back," Schefter said, in part. "But if he doesn't, I think that where they go from there, people won't love this, but I think they believe that they have a quarterback prospect in Will Howard."
Schefter added, "It doesn't mean they wouldn't add another quarterback, but they're hoping Aaron Rodgers comes back, and if he doesn't, they would then be prepared to have Will Howard and Mason Rudolph on their roster. They would obviously have to add somebody else. But it's the reason that I think they don't feel rushed and compelled to go out and add anybody right now."
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Quarterback aside, the Steelers felt compelled to trade for Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. on Monday. The move garnered some pushback from CBS Sports' Douglas Clawson.
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"Pittsburgh desperately needed a WR2 behind D.K. Metcalf (he accounted for nearly half of the Steelers WR receiving yards last year), but it's head-scratching to see them trade for another big wideout after shipping off George Pickens last offseason," Clawson wrote. "Steelers wide receivers ranked second-worst in yards from the slot last year, so I would have much rather seen them find a threat like Rashid Shaheed. He signed a slightly cheaper deal than Pittman (three years, $51 million) to stay in Seattle."
To be clear, all deals agreed upon on Monday or Tuesday (or anytime before) cannot be signed or finalized until the NFL's new league year and free agency period officially begin on Wednesday at 4 p.m. EST. Assuming Pittman's trade is finalized, it will be a late-round pick swap, and Pittman will sign a three-year contract worth $59 million, as per CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones.
Pittman Jr., 28, has experience with quarterback uncertainty. He has played with several different quarterbacks since the Colts drafted him in the second round in 2020, including Philip Rivers, Carson Wentz, Matt Ryan, Gardner Minshew, Anthony Richardson, and, most recently, Daniel Jones.
Last season with Jones (and an unretired Rivers, after Jones tore his Achilles), Pittman caught 80 passes for 784 yards and seven touchdowns.
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