PALM BEACH, Fla. — Though Aaron Rodgers stays unsigned, Pittsburgh Steelers proprietor and president Artwork Rooney II mentioned he retains “listening to” that the star quarterback is “headed in our route.”
“We hold getting optimistic form of indicators about it,” Rooney mentioned Tuesday from the annual league assembly. “So yeah, I might say we really feel fairly good about it at this level.”
A type of indicators, in keeping with Rooney, is that Rodgers and new Steelers broad receiver DK Metcalf had a throwing session over the weekend in California. Images and movies of the exercise had been posted Monday on social media.
“I’d say it was a great signal that he needed to try this,” Rooney mentioned of Rodgers and the session.
The Steelers started severely pursuing Rodgers greater than three weeks in the past throughout the negotiation interval earlier than the official begin of free company. Rooney acknowledged that he did not envision the method “taking this lengthy.”
Though he declined to provide a agency timeline of when he’d prefer to resolve the Rodgers state of affairs, Rooney instructed there’s not an indefinite deadline.
“Not without end, however a short time longer,” he mentioned when requested whether or not he was content material to attend on Rodgers.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin mentioned Sunday that coaching camp represents a “line of demarcation” for when having an incomplete quarterback place would hinder group improvement.
“Within the spring, it is about instructing and studying and getting acquainted with gamers and ensuring they’re getting acquainted with a few of the issues that we worth,” Tomlin mentioned. “It is not an analysis time of the 12 months for us. It is definitely not a time of the 12 months the place we’re targeted on readying ourselves for the sport motion.”
Like basic supervisor Omar Khan and Tomlin, Rooney additionally mentioned the March assembly with Rodgers in Pittsburgh went nicely.
“It was good to satisfy him,” Rooney mentioned. “We talked about Pittsburgh and all of the Pittsburgh coaches he is had over time. … We had a great dialog.”
