With Terry Bradshaw chiming in on the Aaron Rodgers-Steelers saga,
As the hours, days, weeks and months have actually piled up in the partnerless dance in between Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, it was only a matter of time before somebody with some name acknowledgment popped off. Not surprisingly, it was longtime Rodgers critic and Steelers quarterback icon Terry Bradshaw, who put in the time to speak his mind during a Tuesday radio appearance.A little more unexpected? Bradshaw also ripped the organization’s handling of former quarterback Kenny Pickett, including a couple of uppercuts that were clearly targeted at head coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Omar Khan.Advertisement Talking to previous NFL star Dan Hampton
on 103.7 The Buzz in Little Rock, Arkansas, Bradshaw lit into the pursuit of Rodgers as the group’s newest option at quarterback.”That’s a joke, “Bradshaw said.”That to me is just a joke. What are you gon na do? Bring him in for one year– are you kidding me? That guy needs to stay in California. Go someplace and chew on bark and whisper to the gods out there. “While that was blunt, Bradshaw’s more biting commentary began the Steelers
‘handling of 2022 first-round draft pick Pickett, who started parts of his first 2 seasons for the Steelers before being traded to the Philadelphia Eagles prior to the start of the 2024 season. Pickett’s 2 years in Pittsburgh were marked by a wide variety of issues, consisting of issues with previous wideout George Pickens, three various offending coordinators and an offensive line that struggled substantially. Pickett is now on the Cleveland Browns and is in position to be the group’s starter entering into training school. He also obviously has a fan in Bradshaw, who led the Steelers to four Super Bowl titles during the 1970s “Steel Drape “defensive age.”I liked Kenny Pickett,”Bradshaw said.”I liked him at [the University of Pittsburgh.
] I know him, I know what he resembles. When they got him to [the Steelers], they didn’t secure him, they didn’t get him an offending line. They wished to run the football, but they didn’t have an offensive line that might protect and they didn’t have weapons. He had no pass receivers to mention. … Then they toss a kid in there for two years and you have actually got an offense that does not fit and doesn’t work, and they can’t run because their offending line’s not even sufficient for a run-blocking team. Now, they’re saying Kenny Pickett is a failure. He wasn’t a failure, the Steelers were a failure.” Terry Bradshaw isn’t normally one to mince words, even when he’s critical of his former group in the Steelers. (Photo by PA Wire/PA Images by means of Getty Images)
( PA Wire-PA Images via Getty Images) While Bradshaw didn’t call out Tomlin or Khan particularly, the rancor over how Pickett was managed and the state of the infrastructure around him definitely targets at both the Steelers head coach and general supervisor. And now Bradshaw has actually focused the Pickett failure through a likely Rodgers signing, only adding to a spotlight that is going to get more heated in the next 2 weeks.Advertisement That’s
since the Steelers’full-squad minicamp is set to begin June 10 and Rodgers remains unsigned. While the team hasn’t said as much publicly, it’s believed the training personnel and front workplace wish to have actually Rodgers signed and in presence for that camp so they can start the process of pulling the team’s offense together before breaking for the rest of summertime and into July’s training camp.Whether that will take place stays to be seen. Rodgers stays unsigned after
announcing in April that he was dealing with personal problems and taking time to resolve them. Because that statement, Rodgers has actually been taking a trip and made a look in Austin, Texas, for a live podcast in which he said he would not be playing for the New Orleans Saints, but also dropped a hint that he could be signing with the Steelers.Advertisement It’s been that kind of when-will-he-sign journey in between Rodgers and the Steelers since
the NFL Draft, when Pittsburgh declined to take a quarterback high in the draft in spite of having chances to choose both Jaxson Dart and Tyler Shough– each of whom are expected to ultimately end up being beginners for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints, respectively. However as Rodgers has actually gone about his service and the Steelers have gone about theirs, disappointment has installed in the Pittsburgh fan base over the lack of a quality starter at the quarterback spot.Now that disappointment has a much louder voice with a much bigger name: Terry Bradshaw.