Rodgers is coming back

The volume of those attempts was also very low for Rodgers and this is a issue...I am sure this is worst for the attempts of 10 yards or more for the rankings(in volume and %)

 

Man, I hope what you lay out here is true.

It's just hard to believe that Rodgers would sign under those conditions. Even in the offseason he has to be the center of attention. Setting the table for others to take his place while still playing with the team just feels unlikely unless he gets injured.

Rodgers would be great in that role if he chose to accept it.

 

I don't do a whole lot of hand-wringing or subscribe to any subterfuge.
I think it is really simple.
- It's up to Howard or Allar to be better than Rogers.-
Mike McCarthy has said "best man up"
Though I think Mason is a really long shot, until a trade or release, he has a chance also.

 

I think this is the mind set. Howard/Allar most likely won't be better than Rodgers/Rudolph right away. But, Rodgers/Rudolph are not the future franchise QBs for this team. That is something everyone already knows. One of Howard/Allar should take that spot for at least 2027. Which one is what we'll find out.

 

Nothing will be promised or handed to anyone

As stated best man up

It’s like the balderdash one confused poster here spews about Kenny Pickett being lied to

And his psychosis and lack of meds will push him to get the last word in

As always

 

I really hope so. It would be great for a QB to already be on this roster.
I really did not want to go into a scenario where Omar is faced with a QB or bust in 2027. (if the 2027 class turns out to be like 2026, it's slim pickings and we've seen he's not good at navigating those narrow straights.

 

We've had an utterly abysmal offense for the past 4 season, with last year finally showing some signs of hope but without great protection and without enough receiving weapons.

• We drafted Will Howard last year.
• We drafted Drew Allar this year.
• We drafted a WR in the 2nd and signed a free agent WR.
• We drafted OL in the first to help protection.
• We have a Hall of fame QB as a mentor while the young guys are hopefully developed. And we now have the coach who's proven to be able to do it.
• We drafted a Return specialist who could boost special teams.
• The under-achieving Defense was Tomlin's child. And he's no longer there.

If you can't find anything to be excited about in there, your glass just might be half empty most of the time.

 

i for one don't care how they win or who they win with. it's not about the player but the team.

 

I worry about some old folks here who get confused. I'm wondering who here ever said the Steelers lied to Kenny Pickett. Of course, it is in no way relevant to this thread, but they don't care about that. The obsession with trying to pick fights with posters they don't like does the board no favors at all. They seem to think disagreeing with their slavish devotion to any decision the Steelers make is a sign of mental illness.

 

I think they would be foolish to go into camp with such a preconceived pecking order, though they might simply because Allar is probably McCarthy's guy.

 

There's zero to be excited about the offense moving beyond this season is a young offensive line and Benard. Relying on a geriatric QB, who looked his age last season, isn't the answer. They needed to stripped the roster to the studs and rebuild. This is just to tread water at 9-8/10-6 and lose in the first round of the playoffs.

 

I think that the idea of Rodgers coming here to be a placeholder till one of the kids are ready is ridiculous. I don't think they would ask him nor do I think he would accept that role. If he's coming back it's because he wants to be part of the two SB wins club, not to hold the kids hands. And if you're bringing in Rodgers, it's because you think you can win a SB with him. Otherwise, what's the point? You could have Mason do that.

If I thought that sounded remotely plausible, I would be fine with it. Sure, why not, what could it hurt. If by week 4 Howard looks like Superman in practice, they're gonna pull the old man to bask in the future, great. But, everyone knows that would never happen. Not unless they were 0-3 and AR is sh**ing his pants and playing with it on the sidelines. Even then they'd probably call Mason instead.

And some are acting like starting a guy, who played 50 games in college and won a NC, in his 2nd season is essentially throwing him off a cliff to die. That makes zero sense to me.

Brock Purdy had less pedigree and physical talent, and was starting his rookie year. He did just fine. Went 5-0 and took them to the championship game. Does MM not have a very similar approach and pedigree as Shannahan? Wasn't that the one thing people liked about the hire?

Dak Prescott was a 4th rd pick who started every game his rookie year and went 13-3 and a 1st rd bye, with Jason Garrett.

 

Both need mechanical adjustments. Howard needs to improve his mechanics to maximize the strength of his throws, which would help him with those deep outs. Allar needs better footwork to bring more consistency and accuracy to his throws. Those are things that can be adjusted.

Allar's physical tools aren't the issue. The history of coming up small in big moments is a problem. The history of looking at the rush instead of keeping his eyes downfield is a problem. Those are both issues that coaching may not be able to correct.

 

Possibly, but it is still a foolish course of action. I think Howard's flaws are more likely to be fixed by coaching than Allar's.

 

That makes zero sense to me.
We have no Dak, as of yet. I would suspect that if either one, Howard or Allar showed any signs of that, then they would probably start him. (Rogers is either on the bench #2 or released)
Rogers doesn't mind the role of mentor. Where does the idea he won't come from? Howard and Rogers worked a lot... seemed to be a good pairing.
Of course he wants to start, but it's up to the coach and if a Dak is present, what's Rogers going to do? Quit?

One thing is for sure, Rogers will make them earn it. (If you can't beat out a 43-year-old QB, we got problems)
The Steelers are not really a Super Bowl threat, but somethings could happen. It's a long, long shot in my opinion.
But as far as mentors, you have Mason or Rogers... I'm pretty certain I am going with Rogers.

 

Ok, so if you don't believe that the Steelers are any real threat to win the SB, what's the argument for not going with Mason and the young guys and make the best of it? To see what you have. Maybe it's me, I'm not terrified of a losing season if I think progress was made overall. I brought up two recent examples of this very thing working out well. If one of the guys start to languish a bit, throw Mason in there. The guys a pro. Hell, he might come in and ball out. Howard and Allar played in 50 and 45 games respectively. That's more than many QB's that come in and play in their first year. This idea that they're way too inexperienced or they'll be ruined with a little adversity is crazy to me. We actually may have our Dak now, but we aren't going to find out if AR is starting and getting all the important reps in practice. Which he would need to get if they were serious about winning. And it's hard to make that determination based off preseason games. Pickett looked like Tom Brady out there. How would they make that determination if one is excelling?

In response to the sentence in bold, this is my point. I don't believe, for one minute, that they would bring in Rodgers with the intention of pulling him if one of the kids was looking good. As I stated, if I believed that, I would be fine bringing in Rodgers. Rooney would never allow that. We could have our Dak right now, but how would we know.