Steelers’ DeShon Elliott desires no a part of Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh
Aaron Rodgers already doesn’t have followers contained in the Pittsburgh Steelers constructing.
Whereas commenting on an Instagram put up from NFL aggregator account @JPAFootball saying the Steelers are the betting favorites to land Rodgers this offseason, Pittsburgh security DeShon Elliott dismissed the thought of Rodgers discovering a house within the Metal Metropolis.
“Depart his ass on the retirement dwelling,” Elliott stated in a since-deleted touch upon the put up, identified by a Steelers fan X account.
The Instagram put up famous DraftKings priced the Steelers as favorites to land the ex-Jet of their “Aaron Rodgers subsequent group odds” market with +200 odds (33.33 % likelihood implied).
The Jets instructed Rodgers that they had been transferring on from him this offseason after a face-to-face assembly with first-year coach Aaron Glenn within the offseason.
The sturdy feedback from Elliott are a bit weird, contemplating the Steelers don’t have both of their beginning quarterbacks from 2024 underneath contract.
Nevertheless, Elliott has a historical past of controversial social media posts with the group telling him to take down one earlier this season which referenced head coach Mike Tomlin as “Osama Bin Tomlin.”
Pittsburgh had beforehand expressed curiosity in bringing again one among Russell Wilson or Justin Fields, however unlikely each, based on proprietor Artwork Rooney II.
“I wouldn’t shut the door, however I’d say it’s in all probability unlikely,” Rooney stated initially of the offseason. “I feel each of them see themselves as starters and I don’t know that they wish to share the identical job once more subsequent 12 months. So, I’d say most probably we in all probability don’t wind up bringing them each again.”
Rooney added that he expects to signal one among them to a long-term deal however didn’t say whether or not both quarterback was most popular at the moment, though the prevailing sentiment is that coach Mike Tomlin would favor to have Wilson over Fields.
“I feel my desire would in all probability be to have one thing greater than a one-year in place subsequent time round, however we’ll see what it takes,” Rooney stated.
Rodgers, 41, is unlikely to suit that Steeler mould of a long-term deal, though he has expressed curiosity in returning to soccer in 2025.
Wilson, 36, struggled within the again half of the 2024 season, dropping 5 straight spanning the tip of the common season and postseason.
Amongst different doable locations for Rodgers embrace the Raiders and Titans, though it stays doable that he simply retires.
