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00:00Finally, it took him until June, but we knew it was the large elephant in the room that basically at some point would make his presence known.
00:09That's Aaron Rodgers, now officially signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers on a one-year deal.
00:15Aaron will report to the Steel City next week ahead of mandatory minicamp for the Steelers.
00:21So, the 41-year-old quarterback, after his previous two seasons in New York, now becomes the new quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:30DRS, I thought you summed it up very beautifully in just a few words earlier on in this opening hour.
00:36The worst-kept secret in the NFL.
00:39Now the secret has been unveiled.
00:41What's your reaction?
00:42I do like it from a content perspective.
00:45I do, because it adds, you know, invigoration there in Pittsburgh.
00:48Now, the fan base might be like, hey, great, we got Aaron Rodgers.
00:50At least he gives you something to talk about.
00:52Like, we were laughing at, what happens if Aaron Rodgers just decided, like, in June, like, you know what?
00:56I told the Pittsburgh Steelers I was going to commit to him, but I'm just not feeling it right now.
01:00Like, I don't want to go to training camp.
01:01I just, I think I'm retired at this point.
01:03Like, everybody would be fired because they have no quarterback.
01:04They get hammered this year, and why would you waste all that defensive prowess and adding DK Metcalf when you didn't even get a legitimate quarterback?
01:11As much as they told you, hey, man, Mason Rudolph's been here before.
01:14He's led us to a playoff run and into playoff.
01:16Let's stop it.
01:16Nobody knew, nobody thought, I should say, he was ever going to be the quarterback.
01:20But here's the intriguing part that comes in.
01:22Like, if you did have that deal where, like, I need some extra time, which is okay if you're an aging quarterback in a system that you understand.
01:29Not another team after it was an absolute disaster in New York.
01:32You would figure from a quarterback standpoint, like, hey, there's doubts about me if I can be that guy.
01:37Let me show these guys in the room.
01:38Let me get in with them in March and April and May.
01:41We'll have lunch every day at the facility.
01:43We'll have, you know, training groups get together.
01:45We'll hang out on the weekends.
01:46Let me really ingratiate myself to the city of Pittsburgh and let them know, like, I understand this is my last chance here, and I'm going to make the best possible opportunity I can possibly have.
01:55But no, instead, we got Aaron Rodgers.
01:56He's like, it wasn't my fault with the Jets that everything went down that way.
02:00Now, you know what, Mike, I actually wanted to play in Minnesota and some other outlets out there, maybe if San Francisco had a chance there.
02:07Let me put you on the back burner here because if I turn out I want to play football, I'll give you a call.
02:12And when I do, it will be on my absolute terms when I come to town and what I want to do with this offense, which is going to be so much fun to play out.
02:19But also understand this, what does that one-year deal look like?
02:22Because usually right away, Ben, we hear exactly the financial terms of a big decision that goes down.
02:28Now, we understand it's a one-year deal.
02:30I am so intrigued of how this one-year deal is actually structured because, as I just said, you might have gotten Aaron Rodgers on a massive discount in Minnesota by going, like, I just want to play football.
02:41I have a ton of money.
02:42This could be a great situation for me.
02:44Let's make this work for both ends here.
02:45And if you wanted to go to, let's just say, San Francisco, but the fact that it feels like he had to be prodded to go to Pittsburgh, like, what are we thinking this one-year deal looks like?
02:53Because if you said to me, like, what would be fair for Aaron Rodgers?
02:56One year, let's just say $17.5 million guaranteed with some incentives.
03:01That's okay.
03:02Going right for an aging quarterback.
03:03He wants to be there.
03:04And maybe this could turn into a two- or three-year deal if it works out well over the first couple months.
03:09Please don't let me see this, Ben.
03:10Like, one year, $36 million.
03:12Like, what does this deal actually look like is really also going to change my opinion?
03:17Because you say, well, why would that change from what you're going to get on the field?
03:20If Aaron went there, again, one year, $13 million with incentives, I go, you know what?
03:24I like this deal.
03:25Because he's saying, I'm betting on myself.
03:28I want to prove to you how good I am.
03:29Or does he walk into, man, that's a lot of money.
03:32And if my calf flares up in September, ah, just didn't work out.
03:36But boy, I made a lot of money to come to Pittsburgh.