Aaron Rodgers Joins Pittsburgh Steelers Amid Team Changes

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00:00The Pittsburgh Steelers finally have Aaron Rodgers in their building as their quarterback.

00:07That has not stopped questions around Pittsburgh, though.

00:11This team ultimately moved on from George Pickens.

00:15It's maybe why they were aggressive in bringing in DK Metcalf,

00:18because they knew they were going to move on from Pickens.

00:21They bring in Jalen Ramsey, but that meant that Minka Fitzpatrick was leaving.

00:26Oh, Johnnie Smith is here.

00:28By the way, and then just incredibly hanging over the heads is now TJ Watt, maybe?

00:35I don't know if that's a whole other bag of tricks, quite frankly, for Pittsburgh to deal with.

00:41But the conversations around this football team begin with Aaron Rodgers,

00:47because Aaron Rodgers is a future first ballot Hall of Famer

00:51who has not been producing at the level his teams have been looking for for around five or so years now.

01:01Some injuries impacted that, too.

01:03Maybe it's four years, if you want to be exact.

01:06I think the most fascinating thing, Donnie, about Rodgers going to Pittsburgh

01:11is it feels like the thing most people are watching is will Rodgers be synced up

01:18with the first ever time a Mike Tomlin-led Steeler team finishes under .500?

01:25And it could be that way, because we're looking at Aaron Rodgers getting older in his career.

01:29You know what was underrated for Aaron Rodgers while he was with the Green Bay Packers?

01:32The mobility in the pocket.

01:33The originally the size slip, some of those pass rushers here, extend the play,

01:36and he always had a great arm.

01:37You saw that with the Jets, which is quite an issue.

01:40You look at that Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line, it's not great.

01:42But understand this, too.

01:43I do believe they're a better football team with Aaron Rodgers

01:46than what they were last year with any combination of Russell Wilson

01:48and Justin Fields at that point.

01:51But here's the issue that comes into play.

01:52You're right, because how committed is Aaron Rodgers?

01:55Did he really want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler?

01:57Or did he say, you know, I'll give it a run here?

01:58Because the thought process is, guys, where he wanted to be a Minnesota Viking,

02:02he wanted to maybe be a San Francisco 49er, maybe even a New York Giant.

02:06And they all told him no.

02:06And it took a while for them to come to an agreement with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

02:09I don't care if they said, well, we agreed back in February

02:11just to keep it quiet at this point.

02:13That's absolute nonsense.

02:14But for me, this team is going to win more games than it loses

02:17because that's what Mike Tomlin does.

02:19Like the Duck Hodges of the world and the Mason Rudolphs.

02:21Like they've been to the playoffs with those type of players.

02:23So why can't they do it with Aaron Rodgers?

02:25But the key ingredient you all want to ask you this is,

02:28you take a look at Mike Tomlin.

02:29He always wins more games than he loses.

02:31But it says something about you really need to get your franchise started

02:34with your franchise quarterback.

02:35Let me just ask you if Aaron Rodgers makes the playoffs

02:38and it's a quick exit.

02:39Is that a success for the Steelers?

02:41Because to me, it's like, okay, Aaron, thanks for that.

02:43Now we're going to restart the entire franchise.

02:44Absolutely. I think it's terrible.

02:45I think they made this decision a couple of years ago

02:48when they were 11 and a half point underdogs with Mason Rudolph

02:52and lost the playoff game to the Buffalo Bills.

02:54The writing was on the wall then.

02:55Are they any better as a football team two or three years later

02:59now than what they were back then?

03:01The answer is no.

03:02They're stuck in neutral.

03:03They get DK Metcalf.

03:05To your point, they ship out George Pickens.

03:07It's a great move if they keep George Pickens.

03:09And I understand that George Pickens was a locker room guy.

03:12He was a problem.

03:13I get that.

03:14But the issue is the moves that they have made,

03:17just they take one step forward.

03:18They take two steps back.

03:19Jalen Ramsey and Darius Slade,

03:21great additions at the cornerback position with Joey Porter Jr.

03:24If you had Minka Fitzpatrick back there,

03:27an all-pro in terms of the safety position,

03:29they have five or six guys now on the defensive side of the ball

03:32that are aging.

03:33They're at the back end of their careers.

03:35Players like T.J. Watt, Cam Hayward.

03:37And at the end of the day, when you look at Aaron Rodgers,

03:40he didn't step up in big games last year for the New York Jets.

03:43Throws three interceptions against Minnesota.

03:45Can't beat the New England Patriots on the road as a seven-point favorite.

03:49Loses to multiple teams throughout the regular season,

03:52including Anthony Richardson and the Indianapolis Colts

03:55as a four-and-a-half-point home favorite.

03:57He didn't step up in critical spots.

03:59He compiled stats after they were out of playoff contention,

04:03and now I'm supposed to buy in?

04:05I'm selling it.

04:06I think this is a terrible move by the organization,

04:09and I'm selling under six-and-a-half wins

04:11at plus 240 on multiple books.

04:14So for Aaron Rodgers, and to clean up what I said at the beginning

04:16about him not producing for five years,

04:18I knew I probably went back a little far.

04:20Rodgers' five most recent seasons are actually MVP, MVP,

04:26lose the last week of the season to the Lions

04:29in his last-ever game as the Packers,

04:31injured game number one, and then whatever last season was

04:34where he somehow almost flirts with a 30-touchdown season,

04:38yet he wasn't good for any of the season

04:41or any real stretch of the season.

04:44Altyazı M.D.

04:46Altyazı M.D.

04:48Altyazı M.D.

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