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Steelers May Be Trying to Make Aaron Rodgers Mad

Pittsburgh Steelers On SI·Jack Markowski·about 1 month ago
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The Pittsburgh Steelers' decision to place the UFA tender on Aaron Rodgers raised some eyebrows around the NFL as the saga between the two parties continues to drag on. Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio, who had previously insinuated that Rodgers was not thrilled about the organization openly discussing his free agency, came back around and shared his belief that the 42-year-old is not fond of the tender being placed on him, which might have been the Steelers' intent as a means of giving them a way out of the situation. "No one seems to know why the Pittsburgh Steelers applied the seldom-used unrestricted free agency tender on quarterback Aaron Rodgers," Florio said . "The Steelers may not even know why they did it, but I know this: Rodgers won't like it. Because it's a collective bargaining agreement chess move. It's the Steelers taking advantage of one of the rules that are available to them to better position themselves for compensatory draft pick consideration.…

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