On the doorstep of NFL draftTHE Pittsburgh Steelers were crystalline on their quarter situation. In one way or another, additions – plural – were going to be made.
“We are going to camp with four quarters,” said Steelers Managing Director Omar Khan, before the first day of the draft. “Right now, we have two on the list. All the options are on the table in the way we acquire these last two. I assure you that we will have four when we arrive at (training camp) Latrobe (Pennsylvania).”
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The project came and left, with the selection of sixth round of Will Howard from Ohio State adding to this room. It was a Aaron Rodgers Move in a recovery of the Steelers which was stacked with movements of Aaron Rodgers. We will get there in a second. First of all, the main thing: about five weeks from the compulsory attendance of the Minicamp Full Squad team in June, Pittsburgh remains on time to put Rodgers in the fold.
However, this calendar will not include a clock or deadlines, regardless of the number of times the outside world is trying to establish one. It is for the very expensive purpose of eliminating more Stories about the existence of rodgers on the orbit of Pittsburgh, eliminating questions on the reasons why he does not participate in the activities of the organized team and even leaving the door open to potentially miss the minimim of June, if that finally happens. As long as Rodgers is not signed, there is no room for questions about the reasons why it is signed, but not in the building, or a race chronology of its moment.
It also eliminates Pittsburgh being pulled in one of the secondary stories that often follow Rodgers – the most recent being Speculations on his presence at Kentucky Derby on Saturday, which seemed to reveal a ring on the left hand of Rodgers, the finger of wedding bands. Development triggered social media and immediately summoned theories that the reason why Rodgers takes its time to marry the Steelers, this offseason is because it was busy marrying someone else first. There is no real evidence of this, of course. It is quite possible that he was married during the offseason … quite possible, it is nothing at all … and that Rodgers is quite possible when lagging the media that looks so closely. Anyway, the Steelers are not one of all this, because there is still nothing more than an uncommon player.
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In this spirit, Pittsburgh advances with three of his four quarters – Howard, Mason Rudolph And Skyles Thompson – and an extremely large open seat for Rodgers is ready to return to football. This could be before the complete mini-camp or even before the training camp in July. Although there is no deadline, it should be noted that the head coach of the Steelers Mike Tomlin has at least expressed a certain level of ideology when it comes to putting everyone in place.
“In general,” said Tomlin, “when you realize the training camp, it is a line of demarcation for the development of a group individually and collectively.”
Translated? It would be preferable for the whole team and the quarter to left were together by the training camp.
Rodgers realistically gone away from football until the end of July would be a surprise, since he knows the risks of walking in a brand new environment at the last possible moment. Not only from the point of view of chemistry with teammates, but also logically with simply the rehearsals in an introduction of June to the rest of the team, before a break, then the resumption of work when the training camp starts.
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For the moment, Smart Money has rodgers and the steelers who do something just before the full mini-cam. If this does not happen, and there remains a possibility that he has the unthinkable and ceremonial retirement before the camp kick -off, Pittsburgh always has a Kirk cousins exchange in its rear pocket – with the Falcons of Atlanta The quarter-Arrière now having no other realistic departure destination across the league beyond the Steelers.
It is always a breeding scenario, the Steelers do not really think of happening. Instead, the telegraph franchise a signature of Rodgers each turn. First of all by keeping an open seat in the quarter room, and secondly by behaving in the draft as a team that goes all on a victory veteran named Aaron Rodgers.
Consider:
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With a serious need for a quarter-back and certain options available on the table in the 21st choice in total in the draft, Pittsburgh opted for an immediate defensive tackle to Derrick Harmon of Oregon. This is the kind of move you make when you feel like you have a starting QB in the fold that will favor immediate production on any development talent or young quarter-arre.
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The Steelers had no choice of second round because it was sent to Seattle Seahawks wide DK Metcalfwhich was immediately signed for an extension of $ 132 million over four years. This is not the kind of move that a team made when he did not know who will be the starting quarter in 2025. We must also note here that Metcalf and Rodgers have already worked together this offseason in Los Angeles.
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The choice of third round of the Steelers: a low -ceiling / high floor running specific to the diagram in Kaleb Johnson of Iowa, which can intervene on day 1 and carry a full load in the scheme of the offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. Johnson's viability is probably linked to the duration of the offensive coordinator. It is the movement par excellence which is intended for production immediately.
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The fourth round: another choice at low ceiling / high floor in the Ohio Defensive State Jack Sawyer, which has started its last 29 university games for Buckeyes and is able to instantly be a rotation piece on the defensive line. With other “upwards” development oscillations available, the Steelers went with a player who can help the team immediately and contribute to a winning environment.
All these movements were crowned by the Howard choice in the sixth round, which represents a stab in a quarter-back rescue which will never be confused by the media or the fans because someone should look over their shoulder. No Jalen Milroe in the third round, despite having attractive skills and an athletic profile in Alabama and the film against the competition of the Southeast Conference that Khan has a story of lust. No quinn ewers, despite 35 departures against part of the highest level competition at the college level. And no Sheder Sanders, who would have put a projector equal to the one following Rodgers.
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In a way, all of this seems familiar. Draw a finger on all the additions that the New York Jets made during the offseason the franchise went all-in on Rodgers. Look at what New York did before the Rodgers trade and then. You will see both the additions of a coach and a list intended to do two things: keep Rodgers happy and secure in its starting place, and immediately win in what was to be a small window of opportunity.
This is what the Steelers are doing right now. They are a team that has not rodgers under contract, but they lead their movements as its signature is an inevitability. Maybe the signature arrives in days or weeks. Maybe it comes in July. Whenever it happens, it happens.
Aaron Rodgers will be a quarter of the Steelers in the coming weeks or months. Each movement that Pittsburgh makes – or does not – shouts it. And if it is not, the pursuit of him will have paralyzed another franchise which will be held to be used to reach a clearing star.
