Rob Gregson discusses how the Pittsburgh Steelers let Justin Fields sign with the New York Jets and have failed to connect with two other free agent options.
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00:00It's a new league year but it's looking like the same old Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:04As their top 2 remaining quarterback options start to be courted by other teams, there's
00:09a real scenario where the Pittsburgh Steelers have a quarterback that nobody wants starting
00:14come week 1.
00:16Hey everyone, Rob Gregson of A-Z Sports Pittsburgh and today we're going to discuss the latest
00:23on the Steelers quarterback situation.
00:26It all starts with Justin Fields, clearly their preferred option when he left in free
00:31agency to join the New York Jets, they turned their attention to Aaron Rodgers and the backup
00:36plan of Russell Wilson.
00:38But here's the problem, Aaron Rodgers has interest from the New York Giants, the Minnesota
00:44Vikings and is even contemplating retirement.
00:47The Steelers have been unable to come to terms on a deal because they are reportedly far
00:53apart on monetary value.
00:55So one would think, ok well what about Russell Wilson if all doesn't work out?
01:00And there's still a chance that Russell Wilson does return.
01:03But here's the problem, they now have competition because Russell Wilson on Wednesday reportedly
01:09has scheduled visits with the New York Giants and the Cleveland Browns of all teams.
01:15I mean can you imagine if Russell Wilson joins the Cleveland Browns and Aaron Rodgers goes
01:21to another team or decides to retire.
01:24What do the Pittsburgh Steelers do then?
01:26Unless Omar Khan who's known for being this Khan artist has some other trick up his sleeve
01:32in terms of acquiring a premier talent via a trade or trading up in the draft to get
01:38Shadur Sanders or Cam Ward, this team is doomed before the season even starts.
01:44Aaron Rodgers is their best remaining option, Russell Wilson is their plan C. If both of
01:50those guys are gone, the Steelers front office will have some serious explaining to do.
01:56You just traded for DK Metcalf, gave him a multi-year extension value that over $150
02:03million dollars and you don't even know who the quarterback is going to be that's throwing
02:07him the ball.
02:08I mean this team had the plans that coming in to the legal tampering period they wanted
02:14their quarterback and they would make decisions off of that.
02:16They obviously threw that out the window when they traded for DK Metcalf on Sunday
02:20night before the tampering period on Monday but they still thought they could get something
02:25done with Justin Fields.
02:26Well they didn't.
02:27Now they thought that they could get something done with Aaron Rodgers but they haven't.
02:31And then their final straw, their last plan, they thought well Russell Wilson will just
02:37wait around for us.
02:38But guess what?
02:39He isn't.
02:40So for the Steelers, they better have another trick up their sleeve.
02:45They better have a plan D that might have to be better than all the other plans because
02:50if they don't, their 2025 season is doomed before it even begins.