It is extensively believed that Kirk Cousins of the Atlanta Falcons, who has a full no-trade clause hooked up to his contract, will not settle for a transfer to a unique membership till he sees which groups choose quarterbacks with first-round picks after he misplaced his beginning job to 2024 rookie Michael Penix Jr. this previous December.
Throughout a Wednesday look on Pittsburgh sports activities radio station 93.7 The Fan, NFL insider Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Speak advised an identical mindset is why Aaron Rodgers hasn’t but joined the Pittsburgh Steelers, regardless that most indicators level to Rodgers finally signing a take care of the group.
“I do not suppose he desires to enter a state of affairs the place there’s gonna be an opportunity that if issues do not go properly, he is gonna get placed on the bench for any person else,” Florio stated about Rodgers’ considering, as shared by Alex Kozora of Steelers Depot.
Florio is not alone, as Fox Sports activities’ Jason McIntyre supplied an identical principle throughout Wednesday’s version of FS1’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” program.
“You see what the Falcons did final yr? They ushered within the Kirk Cousins period,” McIntyre defined, per Jake Brockhoff of Steelers Depot. “Two months later, they drafted Michael Penix [eighth overall], and clearly it messed with [Cousins’] head. He was coming off an harm. Rodgers is coming off an harm as properly. And also you begin to surprise, no surprise Rodgers is not committing. He simply noticed Kirk Cousins get completely shafted.”
Each Rodgers and Cousins spent final offseason recovering from torn Achilles accidents they suffered through the 2023 marketing campaign. Extra not too long ago, Rodgers dealt with a number of knee points, a low ankle sprain and a hamstring downside this previous fall.
As for the Steelers probably grabbing a quarterback with the twenty first total decide of the 2025 draft, they’ve been linked with names akin to Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart. It is potential Pittsburgh may full a commerce to maneuver up within the draft order for a type of signal-callers relying on how issues play out on April 24.
Quite a few stories have indicated Rodgers actually desires to play for a Minnesota Vikings aspect that appears prepared to show to 2024 first-round draft selection J.J. McCarthy. Assuming the Steelers are Rodgers’ fallback choice, he might really feel he has no motive to place pen to paper on a contract till he sees what Pittsburgh does through the opening spherical of the draft.
