Adam Schefter BREAKING: NFL believes Aaron Rodgers will be the starting QB of the Steelers | GET UP
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in week one, which doesn’t feel Steelers. Yeah, they can’t. It doesn’t feel like a coincidence. And they have a a Sunday night home game against the Packers in week eight. That’s a standalone game in a national TV audience. I don’t think that’s because it’s one of Mason Rudolph’s former teams. I think the league is holding out hope now. It’s also cited. I that’s a that’s a game that could be flexed out that Sunday game if if for example Aaron Rogers does not sign with the Steelers. But uh yeah, that’s is there anything on that? I mean, we are we are well into May at this point. Is there any news on Rodney? Nope. They’re still waiting and and uh and they have continued to say he can take his time. They they’re they’re going to go to camp with four quarterbacks. They currently have three, so there’s a spot for him if he wants. You know what? And this got to be the craziest thing. Like a organization like the Pittsburgh Steelers, the sixtime Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers is that is at the behest of Aaron Rogers. They’re at the mercy of Aaron Rogers. I I can’t like I’m still flabbergasted by that. Right now, we’re acting like the dude that gets picked to go home with the girl once the lights come on in the club, right? You know, the dude that he ain’t got nobody else, so you got to pick one. Like, that’s where we are. We’re behaving like we’re a four. We’re the Pittsburgh Steelers. We’re supposed to act like we’re a 10. We’re supposed to feel like we’re the draw. Like, you’re lucky to get us. like if you get to play quarterback for this team, you’ve actually outkicked your coverage. But we aren’t behaving in that way. We’re behaving in the way where we’ll take whatever scraps you give us. You know what breadcrumbming is? I talked about breadcrumbming on this show before. It’s when you’re in a relationship and you only give the person enough to hang on. It’s like I don’t answer your text until you stop texting me and then I text you so you know that I’m still alive. or it’s like every now and then I give you a you up text so you know I’m thinking about you at three o’clock but it’s too late for me to come over. That’s what Aaron Rogers is doing to us. And I have to believe in my soul of souls and this is not any inside information that they know Aaron Rogers is coming and they’ve made a decision and had a conversation that you don’t have to do otaas, you don’t have to do summer practices and so you don’t have to commit to us right now. You don’t have to sign a contract because if you did we would get questions about why you aren’t here. We don’t want you to plan a trip during mini camp this year. So Mike Tomlin has to go up there like Robert Salah had to go up there. And so all I can hope is that they know that he’s coming because what a gaff it will be if we go into I’m sorry they’re not we right now. No [Music] we not a part of this. I just thought about it. I thought about it. I’m not part of this guys. Speaking of wheat, this is a tradition unlike any other. Every year on the morning after the schedule release, I pick the Jets one loss record. And so let’s do that, please. Cindy, can we put that on the screen? I will do it for you live. The Jets open with that home game against the Steelers. That’s the Justin Fields revenge game. So we have that up there. So let’s take a look at it there. Y pop it up if you can. There we go. Okay, that’s the Justin Fields revenge game. That’s a win. Bills are obviously pretty good, but I figure we split with them the home game. We get that a win at But then we got the Florida trip. New Yorkers are very comfortable in Florida. We beat Tampa. We beat the Dolphins. Then we get the Cowboys. They’re coming off a really brutal stretch early. Then we go to Everyone knows the Broncos play badly in Europe. So, we win that one. We beat Carolina. We go to Cincinnati and beat them. So, I I see the Jets getting off to a pretty good start. Cleveland, they’re going to struggle at New England. They got a new coach there. They’re starting over the Ravens. I think that’s a tough one. I could see that being where we start our time. Okay. If it was home, maybe. Then the Falcons and Dolphins, we get backto-back left-handed quarterbacks. That’s two easy wins. Then the Jaguars, they’re struggling a lot. Saints have no quarterback. Patriots, I think we win that game and then we rest our starters against Buffalo. So I see Buffalo’s going to need that game for the wild card. Yeah, Buffalo probably needs that to get in as a wild card. We’ll be resting Justin Fields and Garrett Wilson. And so the New York Jets I see us 15 and two. Where do you have it wrong? So So the Justin Fieldled New York Jets are homefield advantage in the AFC. Well, I mean, you know, we’ll see how hot Kansas City gets and I can see that. Okay. Okay. I don’t think that’s true. RC, what you have any thoughts here? Look, let me give you the the the vaunted iPad. Do you see any that you disagree with? Oh, probably that one right there is one I I disagree with. You go to Florida, you’re going to lose one of those games. Let’s say they lose to the Buccaneers and I’ll give you a win against them. Uh Cowboys could be a toss up. Broncos, uh probably lose that game. Now, that’s in Europe. The Broncos, the Broncos have never won in Europe. Uh Browns, you beat the Browns. Patriots. I give you the Patriots. Okay, you got a loss there. I don’t like this falling. You know you know what, greedy. 11 and six. 11 and six. I wouldn’t live with it, but I will be a little disappointed. RC, by the way, this RC, can we just This was my favorite moment of last week that we didn’t get a chance. Bottom of the hour here. Yesterday, of course, NFL schedule release day. The social media folks had a frenzy. Here’s a glimpse of the best. Hawkstar Spoon is back and he’s making noise. We in Seattle, baby. Yes, sir. Shout out to the twelves, man. Y’all know how we But he’s under attack. The Minnesota Viking, the Tampa Bay Buccaneer. Yeah, what’s up? I’m a little busy here. What’s up, dude? Real quick, uh, schedule release video. You got anything for me? I mean, just use AI. Just use AI. AI? Yeah, it’ll be easy. That was the 2025 Buffalo Bill schedule presented by the answer Allan Iverson. That was cool. That is well played. That’s well played by them. And then there’s a couple of other ones that we liked here. You know, I love I love the Jags, you know, man. You know, you get Ashton Hall. You know, he rubbing banana pills on his face and dumping his face in ice. Like, I respect the dude. like he has muscles and he runs and races dogs and now he’s actually doing the Jacksonville schedule release. He’s from Jville. I think this is awesome for this dude, man. And also Jacksonville being a little creative and having somebody to put inside their schedule release. That’s a hometown kid. They also had the the Vikings had people getting tattoos of of their schedule and of their schedule release. Right. This is this is the What do we think of this? like they’re actually tattooing the schedule onto that. So my question is this though, would should you only tattoo that team if it’s the team you like? Because if I’m a Vikings fan, I’m not putting nothing from Philly or the Browns or nobody like that on me. I don’t like no team that much. No, I come from a long line of people who get things removed, you know. I get things I get things lasered off. I’m not tattooing anything and I’m as big a fan as you’re going to find. All right, we are 112 days away from kickoff and with the schedule out, we asked for some Grazion notes. And Dan, let’s start with the defending Super Bowl champs. Yeah, the Eagles don’t play consecutive home games at any point this season. This is what you get for winning the Super Bowl. They play on uh Wednesday, Thursday, they play on Friday, they play on Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Uh, but they do not ever have back-to-back home games. That stands out to me. I I think I feel like football players are creatures of routine. And this is the kind of thing that could be uh that could throw you off a little bit. So, are the Eagles likelier to repeat or retreat after their magic carpet ride of a season? You know what? This team is so good. I I think the the roster is built so well. You have a quarterback that’s solely focused on winning football games. I mean, but it’s so difficult to win backto back Super Bowls. If you’re betting the Eagles or the field, I feel like you still have to take the field. But the Eagles are a team that’s uniquely set up to be good again this year, it’s going to be about execution. And when that schedule does get tough, how do you continue to find ways? Well, Braz brings up an interesting point. Let me ask you. I mean, not having back-to-back home games the whole year, not not ever getting into Look, one of the things about being a
