If the Steelers know the choices on the desk for 42-year-old quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh common supervisor Omar Khan wasn’t able to reveal any of the playing cards in play for both aspect.
Khan would not say whether or not Rodgers is contemplating retirement or different presents as an unrestricted free agent when the brand new league yr begins March 11.
“That is a query for Aaron. He is aware of how we really feel. I believe we all know how he feels about us,” Khan mentioned Tuesday on the NFL Scouting Mix in Indianapolis. “It was a great expertise for each side. Sadly we did not attain our targets on profitable the video games we needed to on the finish. However there is a mutual respect there.”
Pittsburgh hosts the 2026 NFL Draft in April and Khan mentioned he is been working at warp pace to get on the identical web page with new head coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy returned to the NFL sideline after one season away.
Khan mentioned McCarthy, who final coached with the Cowboys, was a fan of quarterback Will Howard popping out of Ohio State and is happy to work with him. Howard was Pittsburgh’s sixth-round choose in 2025 however landed on injured reserve in August due to a fractured hand. He returned to follow in November.
“We talked about Aaron, however all of us agree that we’re on the lookout for that subsequent franchise man,” Khan mentioned. “We’re not there but, and we might have the man on the roster, we do not know, in Will, and we’re excited to work with Will. Everyone knows that needs to be addressed, and we’re all on the lookout for the identical factor, we’re simply not there but.”
Rodgers got here to Pittsburgh to play for Mike Tomlin, who resigned after the Steelers’ loss to the Houston Texans within the playoffs. However he gained a Tremendous Bowl with McCarthy throughout his prodigious run as quarterback of the Packers.
Khan mentioned he spoke to Rodgers final week and the Steelers made it clear “the door is open to have Aaron again.”
Final offseason, Tomlin and the Steelers saved the door open for Rodgers till he lastly made his signing official on June 6. Khan mentioned neither aspect desires to delay a deal or “see it drag on prefer it did final yr.”
–Discipline Stage Media
