Aaron Rodgers isn’t in his prime anymore. That’s the bad news regarding the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 42-year-old quarterback.

The good news? He can still sling the football with the best of them.

Rodgers threw for 3,322 yards, 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions a season ago. Former Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens receiver Steve Smith Sr. remains impressed with the four-time Associated Press NFL MVP.

“Aaron Rodgers can still throw the football,” Smith said Friday. “I don’t think Aaron Rodgers — and he would say this, too — he’s not the Aaron Rodgers that we know took over in Green Bay. Young...

The Pittsburgh Steelers boast one of the deepest rosters they’ve had in years, but a handful of positions still carry significant question marks. Inside linebacker tops that list, where training camp will go a long way toward sorting out the depth chart. “The uncertainty lies in the base defense,” The Athletic’s Mike DeFabo wrote. “A […]

The wait is nearly over. Seattle Seahawks rookies have reported, veterans are preparing to join them, and Seattle’s 2026 training camp is set to begin.

With football returning, so are the questions that could shape the upcoming season.

On the latest episode of The Hawks Eye Podcast, I count down my Top 20 Most Intriguing Seahawks entering training camp. This is not simply a ranking of the best players on Seattle’s roster; being one of the team’s most talented or established players does not automatically make someone one of the most interesting names to follow this summer.

Instead, my list...

The Pittsburgh Steelers will certainly look different when they take the field at St. Vincent College next week, with the first training camp under a new head coach since 2007.

Mike McCarthy is taking over from Mike Tomlin, and although the Steelers’ new boss is certainly familiar with the history of the team and the way it works, things are sure to be different.

How will they be different, what will be the benefits of those differences, and what are the potential downsides?

Alan Saunders joined Chris Carter on the Locked on Steelers podcast to discuss, along with the team...

The only constant in life is change, and in the NFL, that can mean a million different things. One of those changes could be a team's appearance, and we've already seen multiple teams announce new jerseys for next season. Here are the teams that have released a new uniform and/or rebranded their entire look for the 2026 NFL season: New York Jets The New York Jets have declared a whiteout. Gang Green will be wearing a white helmet with a base white jersey and pants in its 2026 home opener against the Green Bay Packers. On that note, the Jets...

Wherever you place Joe Burrow among the best QBs in the NFL, there’s no denying he’s in the top five.

Meanwhile, you can make a strong argument that his backup, Joe Flacco, is the best thrower of footballs coming off the bench.

So it’s no surprise that CBS’ Jordan Dajani has the Bengals QB room as the second best in the NFL in his ranking of the five best and five worst QB situations.

Here’s some of what he wrote about Burrow:

When he remained healthy in 2024, the former No. 1 overall pick led the NFL with 4,918...

Today, I wanted to take a look at WR DK Metcalf’s usage to see what went well and what should potentially change moving forward. For starters, here are some total numbers (NFL WR ranks) last season: 426 routes (35th), 100 targets (T-28th), 59 catches (T-30th), 850 yards (23rd), six touchdowns (T-18th), and 37 first downs […]

The New Orleans Saints have watched the wide receiver market become significantly more expensive, which makes locking up All-Pro Chris Olave to a long-term extension an absolute must before his price climbs even higher.

Over the past year, a number of young star receivers from the 2022 NFL Draft class have reset negotiations across the league.

In 2025, Garrett Wilson landed a four-year, $130 million deal with the New York Jets and Jameson Williams agreed to a three-year extension worth up to $83 million with the Detroit Lions. While Drake London and the Atlanta Falcons agreed to a four-year, $141...

Every year we get excited about the upcoming Dallas Cowboys season because things feel limitless. That is classic fan behavior, and despite our better judgment, we tend to drink from that well on an annual basis. Dreaming about the ceiling is more fun than anything else because just imagine if it all happens!

In reality, the more important aspect of a given team is their floor. The higher the floor, the higher the average landing spot for the team. If the floor is high then the pressure to reach the ceiling is lower, ironically.

So with all of that being...

Buccaneers RB Bucky Irving underwent surgery this offseason to address a shoulder injury that sidelined him for a handful of games last year.

Per Mark Skol Jr. of Fox 13 News, Irving said he’s healthy and believes he’ll be ready to go for the start of the team’s training camp on July 29th.

Irving, 23, is a former fourth-round pick by the Buccaneers in the 2024 NFL Draft out of Oregon. He’s entering the third year of a four-year, $4,751,552 contract and set to earn a base salary of $1,075,000 in 2026.

In 2025, Irving appeared in 10 games for...

Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League.

Today, it’s a study put out by Rotowire on Monday that said that new Pittsburgh head coach Mike McCarthy will enter his tenure wth the third-hottest hot seat in the NFL — while coaching for a team that hasn’t fired its head coach since 1969. That’s preposterous, but it’s par for the course this time of year.

Alan breaks it down:

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Yes, we did an NFL Half-Decade Team last year, but if you're a strict follower of the Gregorian calendar, we're technically only halfway through the decade now. If you're not a strict follower, consider this an update. In any case, the NFL in the 2020s has already featured quarterback brilliance, record-shattering receiver play and iconic postseason thrillers. Over the past six seasons, legends such as Tom Brady have retired, current stars like Josh Allen are leaving their mark and new stars such as Bijan Robinson are emerging. But who’s been the best of the best since the start of the...