The spring NFL house owners conferences in Palm Seaside, Florida, are beneath method, and we’ve got our first/newest Aaron Rodgers nugget.
“We had a very productive day,” Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said of Rodgers’ visit with the workforce on March 21. “He is been on this factor a very long time. I have been on this factor a very long time. However there isn’t any substitute for intimacy and spending time collectively and attending to know each other in a non-competitive surroundings, in order that was actually good. However I haven’t got any new updates by way of the place the method is. We’ll see the place it leads us.”
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Rodgers also reportedly had a throwing session with new star Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf over the weekend.
Everyone seems to be ready to see if Rodgers leads to Pittsburgh, which is really the last sensible spot for Rodgers if he desires to start out for a playoff contender. The Minnesota Vikings may nonetheless be an possibility if they do not signal one other veteran quarterback to both problem J.J. McCarthy for the beginning spot or mentor him as a backup, however which may not be a ready recreation both Rodgers or the Vikings need to play out totally.
Yahoo Sports activities’ Charles Robinson reported that compensatory draft picks might be in play in why the Vikings have not added a veteran backup to their lineup but. Per Robinson:
That deadline historically is available in Might. Possibly that participant will probably be Rodgers, as soon as he doesn’t rely towards a future comp choose for the franchise. Possibly will probably be considered one of a number of veterans who’re nonetheless in the marketplace and might present the flexibility to help McCarthy and begin some video games in a pinch.
So we proceed to attend for Rodgers to decide. He and vast receiver Amari Cooper are the final out there names on Yahoo Sports activities Senior NFL Author Frank Schwab’s top 25 free agents list.
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In case you missed any information these previous couple weeks, don’t fret. We have tracked the NFL free-agent deals this month.
And remember: The NFL Draft additionally is not far off. Cam Ward goes first in our latest mock draft, and Yahoo Sports activities draft knowledgeable Nate Tice has written profiles on Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders, and the rising duo of Jaxson Dart and Tyler Shough, whereas fellow draft knowledgeable Charles McDonald wrote on Colorado unicorn Travis Hunter and Texas A&M edge Shemar Stewart. Additionally, take a look at Tice and McDonald’s consensus big board.
