Steelers' courtship of Aaron Rodgers is more 'complex' than artificial intelligence, part-owner says

The calendar has turned to May, and Aaron Rodgers is inactive a escaped agent.

Rodgers has been linked to the Steelers for a mates of months, but Thomas Tull, a part-owner of the Steelers, said the courtship of Rodgers is much "complex" than artificial intelligence. 

"I'm present to speech astir AI, and that's a much analyzable contented than artificial intelligence," Tull said erstwhile asked astir Rodgers successful an interrogation connected CNBC’s "Power Lunch."

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers warms up earlier a crippled against the Buffalo Bills successful East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

The squad has 3 quarterbacks connected its roster — Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson and sixth-round draught prime Will Howard. 

After Russell Wilson departed Pittsburgh and signed with the New York Giants, the Steelers person been mentioned arsenic a imaginable landing spot for the four-time MVP due to the fact that astir teams look to person their starting quarterbacks for the 2025 play successful place.

And Rodgers has not closed the doorway connected retirement. 

"I’m unfastened to thing and attached to nothing. Retirement could inactive beryllium a possibility, but close present my absorption is and has been and volition proceed to beryllium connected my idiosyncratic life. … There’s inactive conversations that are being had," Rodgers said connected "The Pat McAfee Show" successful April. 

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers warms up earlier a crippled against the San Francisco 49ers successful Santa Clara, Calif., Sept. 9, 2024.  (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

"I’m successful a antithetic signifier of my life. I’m 41 years old, I’m successful a superior relationship. I person off-the-field worldly that requires my attention. I person idiosyncratic commitments I’ve made not knowing what my aboriginal was going to look similar aft past twelvemonth that are important to me. And I person a mates of radical successful my inner, interior ellipse who are truly battling immoderate hard stuff. So, I person a batch of things that are taking my attraction — and have, opening truly successful January — distant from football."

It remains to beryllium seen whether Rodgers decides to play shot and motion with the Steelers oregon if helium volition determine to telephone it a vocation aft 20 seasons. 

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) waits for the drawback of the shot during the archetypal fractional of a crippled against the Los Angeles Rams successful East Rutherford, N.J., Dec. 22, 2024.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

With the New York Jets past season, Rodgers threw for 3,987 yards, 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions successful 17 games. 

Regardless of who ends up starting for the Steelers successful Week 1, they volition not person George Pickens arsenic a receiver. The squad traded Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys connected Wednesday. 

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