Aaron Rodgers still holds for a move to the Vikings du Minnesota despite his meeting with the Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, a source close to the quarter-arre told Thr Daily Mail.
Almost three weeks since his release from New York Jets, Rodgers, 41, remains in the NFL free agency when he continues to be fooled on his future in sport.
The Pittsburgh steelers and the Vikings of Minnesota direct the race to sign it, with the New York giants previously in the running before taking another veteran quarter to Russell Wilson.
And although it has recently connected to Tomlin to Pittsburgh, the quadruple MVP is waiting to know if an agreement can be concluded with Minnesota after setting its goal on the Vikings.
An initiate revealed that Rodgers took his time after having discussions with the legend Brett Favre, who acts as a mentor and talks about rodgers through the positive points and the negatives of the signature of the two teams.
“Aaron had discussions with Brett and they talked about the advantages and disadvantages of going to Pittsburgh or Minnesota,” said our source.
Aaron Rodgers still holds for a move to the Vikings of Minnesota, revealed an initiate
Brett Favre spoke to Rodgers through the advantages and negatives of Vikings and Steelers
“ Aaron was at the categorical origin on the fact of not going to Minnesota because he did not want it to follow in the footsteps of Brett, but he softened his position to go to Minnesota, and if they finally want him who would be great when he tries to convince them to have him light and give JJ McCarthy more time to develop.
“The thing with Minnesota on Pittsburgh is also that they are more ready to win, their team is stacked. Pittsburgh has excellent training and parts, but Aaron thinks that it will be more difficult to go to the Super Bowl with Pittsburgh because there are too many good teams in AFC to pass and he feels that he has a better chance of navigating in the NFC, where he is more familiar with this situation.
They continued: “He knows he has pittsburgh at any time, but he holds out to see if Minnesota changes his mind.
“But he and the teams as a whole seek to make final decisions just before the project. So, a few weeks of additional silence could be the case, but Aaron tries to direct his ticket for Minnesota before being satisfied with Pittsburgh.
Rodgers would not be interested in the third potential option: retirement. “He wants to make one more blow,” added the source.
Steelers coach Tomlin and the Vikings counterpart, Kevin O’Connell, both discussed the possibility of signing the Super Bowl winner in last week.
After their recent meeting in Pittsburgh, Tomlin insisted that he had spent a “very good day” with Rodgers while saying that there was no deadline to sign it.
Rodgers’ preference is to create a link with Justin Jefferson in Minnesota later this year
The legendary quarter of Arrière recently had discussions with the steelers head coach Mike Tomlin
The boss of Vikings, Kevin O’Connell, discussed their interest in rodgers in the midst of a potential decision
“More specifically, he and I have known obviously for some time, and it was therefore really good to spend time together, man and to know each other more intimately,” he said.
“But it’s the free agency. It is a process. I have no more meaning to add other than that.
O’Connell, on the other hand, has stressed that his priority is to ensure that the young quarter-arre JJ McCarthy is able to “hit the ground in 2025 despite his own discussions with Rodgers.
“Look, Aaron and I have known for a long time,” admitted Minnesota HC. “MVP Quadruple. I can’t even put into words the amount of respect I have for Aaron.
“So when it has become a possibility that Arch has an interest in playing for the Vikings of Minnesota, our work is to assess what it looks like. You must take the time to visit these subjects and have this kind of dialogue as an organization.
“ And where we found ourselves, it was after a personal dialogue with Aaron, we wanted to make sure that JJ felt that he is able to hit the ground on this spring, to pass a big spring and to put himself in position to have a large 2025. ”