Alex Highsmith discusses if Aaron Rodgers saga is distracting for Steelers

As of Friday, quarterback Aaron Rodgers has but to signal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nonetheless, his standing for the 2025 season has undeniably been the largest storyline hovering over the Steelers since March. 

Throughout Thursday’s version of NFL Community’s “The Insiders” program, Pittsburgh pass-rusher Alex Highsmith addressed how he and his teammates deal with the skin noise relating to Rodgers’ future. 

“I get requested loads by my friends and a few mates who’re followers and stuff like that,” Highsmith mentioned, as shared by Nick Shook of the NFL’s web site. “I simply really feel like within the locker room, we’re in there working, and I feel that is simply actually what it is about at this level. I do know that if [Rodgers] does signal, we’re positively going to be actually excited to have him. We all know who he’s. He is a Corridor of Fame quarterback. He is among the best to ever do it. I would not say it is a distraction in any respect, however everyone knows what kind of quarterback he’s and what he brings to the desk.”

Stories point out that the Steelers could have Rodgers on the roster and on the crew’s facility earlier than coaching camp exercises in late July. That mentioned, Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger and former Tennessee Titans normal supervisor Ran Carthon are amongst those that imagine Pittsburgh gamers would need Rodgers working with them by the point organized crew actions start Tuesday. 

A earlier report talked about that “guys within the locker room actually like” longtime backup Mason Rudolph after he guided the membership to 3 straight victories and a playoff berth through the 2023 season. Highsmith is among the Steelers who can be snug if Rudolph stayed atop the depth chart by early September. 

“The fellows are rallying round him and, like I mentioned, he is been with us earlier than and guys know him. Pittsburgh followers know him,” Highsmith mentioned about Rudolph. “The way in which that he helped us end in 2023 was superior. Regardless of who’s again there for us, whether or not it is him or if Aaron Rodgers is gonna come, I am simply excited. Whoever’s again there, we’re gonna have their backs and we’re gonna rally behind them. Simply excited for whoever it is gonna be.”

Evidently Pittsburgh gamers are merely ready for Rodgers to make their anticipated marriage official. That mentioned, every day he stays unsigned will make one surprise if he is having second ideas about enjoying for the Steelers later this yr.