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Ryan Clark blasts Aaron Rodgers, Steelers for free agent situation: 'It makes me sick'
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Aaron Rodgers wanted to host "Jeopardy!" at one point. Now it's the show's famous "think music" that's playing over this long decision-making process.
There has been no darkness retreat to this point, but there also hasn't been much communication in the public eye either.
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Ryan Clark is fed up with the waiting game. The former Pittsburgh Steelers safety and current ESPN NFL analyst told us how he really feels during an appearance on "Get Up" on Tuesday.
"I mean, it makes me sick, to be honest," Clark said . "Unless Omar, the general manager, Omar Khan of the Pittsburgh Steelers has some sort of promise or some sort of lean on Aaron Rodgers believing that he is going to come back and play football and if he does make that decision, he's going to be a Pittsburgh Steeler."
Clark doesn't like how the situation has played out, saying it's been mishandled.
The Steelers have seemingly boxed themselves into a corner waiting for Rodgers this offseason. They've already lost Russell Wilson and Justin Fields , who both went on to sign with the New York Giants and New York Jets , respectively, this offseason.
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Outside of the draft, there is no clear solution to the quarterback situation in Pittsburgh aside from the four-time NFL MVP.
"I feel like this has been mishandled already," Clark said. "I feel like to be waiting, right, or to be held hostage by a former quarter – or a former quarterback of the New York Jets has actually never done anything for you. What has Aaron Rodgers done in the last two years or since leaving Green Bay that says he should be afforded this type of time that says that you should give them a sort of respect that keeps your franchise at bay?"
The former Steeler thinks it's time to speed up the process and give Rodgers a deadline, even if he believes his former team has mismanaged this situation already.
"When I think about this decision, to me it doesn't matter what happens going forward," Clark said. "I think it's been a bad play by the Pittsburgh Steelers already. And so I would give Aaron Rodgers a deadline and when I give him that deadline, it wouldn't lead me into next week. I would need to know if you're coming back to play or not this week. And more importantly, if you're coming back to play will the Pittsburgh Steeler."
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With the 2025 NFL Draft just over a week away, the Steelers currently have just Mason Rudolph and Skylar Thompson in their quarterback room.
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