The Pittsburgh Steelers organization from Mike McCarthy on down continue to be ‘lean’ Aaron Rodgers that he’s coming back, though, the confidence that Rodgers is definitely signing is nowhere near the level Mike Tomlin had at this time last year where Tomlin was fully certain Rodgers was going to be his QB1 in 2025.

The Steelers in preliminary discussions with Kirk Cousins as a fallback option, have signaled to the Cousins camp they hope to provide signals on a direction To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

One wild rumor making the rounds in Steelers circles is that all could be setting up for Rodgers to do his own ala 2010 Brett Favre type return to the Steelers and not sign until August. Nothing would surprise the Steelers brass right now……

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