The Aaron Rodgers watch continues for the Pittsburgh Steelers , who made sure earlier this week that he won't be able to head elsewhere when things heat up without Mike McCarthy's team getting something in return.
NFL insider Tom Pelissero explained on "The Rich Eisen Show" what could happen before then that would leave the Steelers scrambling for another quarterback option at the last second. Rodgers is free to speak to other teams until either July 22 or the start of Steelers training camp, whichever arrives first.
"(He's) talking to them regularly about what they're gonna do on the field and in the offense, which certainly suggests Aaron Rodgers intends to show up, but he hasn't actually said, 'Hey, it's done. Call my agent, do a contract,'" Pelissero said on Friday. "There's always that possibility. Freak things happen. OTAs, minicamp, somebody breaks a bone, somebody tears their ACL, and all of a sudden it's, 'Hey, Aaron, we could use on this contender as opposed to a Steelers team that hopes to be a contender."
As Pelissero alluded to, Rodgers has been in contact with Mike McCarthy and the Steelers and is keeping tabs on what things are going to look like if he chooses to climb back into the cockpit.
"He has talked to them since the draft," Pelissero said. "Everything they did in the draft may not have been designed for Aaron Rodgers, but certainly, if you were saying, 'What might Aaron Rodgers want?' A tackle, a guard who's a bar room brawler and a big slot receiver — those are three things that Aaron Rodgers likes.
"So everything seems to have been built in that direction. Aaron's gotta make the final call. If I'm leaning at this point, I'm still leaning toward Aaron Rodgers is on board and he's on the field, not just in minicamp, but in OTAs at some point."
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