If You're The Pittsburgh GM, Who Would You Rather Have As Steelers QB? - Rudolph or Rodgers? (1 Viewer)

[Godsbrother]

Voted on the fence.

If the price is for Rodgers is high, or the contract has cap Implications beyond 2025, then give me Rudolph by a lot.

If Rodgers would sign a one year deal around $10-$12 million then what the heck, give me a ticket for the inevitable circus that Aaron Rodgers brings.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Thanks. I put more value on allowing the player to do what he thinks is best for him with his options, but I understand the points. That seems reasonable and I can see that.

 

[Joe Bryant]

This is clearly the point of contention. I no longer see it as obvious that this version of Rodgers is better than Rudolph.

Maybe a year removed from the Achilles is a bigger factor than I am giving credit for.

Thanks. I think you're exactly right in that's the point of contention. As the poll results show, lots of people would prefer Rudolph. That's useful information and makes for good discussion. Thanks.

All I can add to this is the following.

We got opinions here and we got what real NFL teams who generally speaking know more then us think.

Mason Rudolph is pretty much earning HALF of the salary of the going rate for BACKUP QB's. If not for the Steelers a legit chance he'd be on the street right now or making even less. So to say his contract is not relative to what the Steelers think of him, it's relative to what the whole league thinks of him.

I wish I could cite for people or provide links for what I'm about to say but I listen and read a lot of people who worked in the league as scouts or GM's and I can't possibly locate that info to share so I'll just ask you to trust me a little. I've not heard one of them yet say that Rodgers is not the best path for the Steelers to compete now.

A massive point of contention among a lot of Steeler fans is that they let Fields walk. I've heard more of these people who worked in the NFL criticize the Jets giving Fields that contract then any criticism of the Steelers pursuit of Rodgers. The main criticism I've seen any of them level on the Steelers is they let Rodgers control the situation, and put themselves in limbo and might get stuck with......Rudolph. He's basically the nuclear option and it blows my mind that people think that's a viable plan.

Thanks GB. And no worries if you don’t have a link, just do as you did there and let us know who said it and where and that you don’t have a link for it. A link, of course is always best as we can see the exact quote, but letting folks know more information like you did helps keep the conversation centered. Message boards are a super easy place for iterative messages to stray like a game of telephone and it’s so helpful to reference the source if you can. Thanks.