Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice is joined by fantasy analyst Matt Harmon to explain that lack of change in the Steel City is why they’re both selling on Pittsburgh next season. Check out the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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All right, the team that I think is frustrating, and, you know, looking back at all their moves, I’m not like totally down on this.
Like, you know, I liked how they traded for this receiver in Michael Pittman, but I’m gonna talk about the Steelers, Steelers I’m selling, and it’s really, it’s just the Aaron Rodgers thing.
It’s like, this is what we’re doing.
Yeah.
Like I, I just can’t believe that, that this is just okay.
Like, that everyone’s just okay with this.
Like, I just felt like they had a great opportunity to turn a new leaf, and I know they have an older roster, especially on defense, but just maybe turn that new leaf and, okay, this is what we’re doing.
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We’re gonna, you know, eat our vegetables.
We’re gonna just really reset our team.
We’re gonna understand that we might not be the best team this year.
We’re gonna try and be competitive.
They go with McCarthy, which felt like just such a I don’t wanna say a white flag, but just kind of like a we’re not trying kinda hire.
A-a-again, nothing against Mike McCarthy, but that just felt like a we have to sign someone that’s one of us, you know, ’cause he’s a Yinzer.
It’s like, go, bring him on back.
Okay, cool.
All right, bring on Mike McCarthy back.
And then it’s like immediately that it’s like everyone’s just fine with Aaron Rodgers coming back.
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And I have to say this, maybe I like haven’t been so I feel like I’ve been pretty harsh about it.
Aaron Rodgers was bad last year.
A-and I, I feel like I’m very like- Right I feel like I’m going crazy that everybody’s going like, “Oh yeah, it’s gonna be fine.
He’s gonna come back.”
And Aaron Rodgers come back, but that, that’s great.
He knows Mike McCarthy’s offense.
He gets a lot of say in the offenses he had in New York and then in Pittsburgh last year.
As much as everyone wants to blame Mike Tomlin and Arthur Smith for a quarterback not throwing over the middle and trying stuff down the field, that’s the quarterback not doing that.
It’s not the offense.