Aaron Rodgers is an upgrade over Mason Rudolph and is probably an upgrade over Russell Wilson, Justin Fields, Mitch Trubisky, Kenny Pickett and even probably the broken-down, end-of-the-road version of Ben Roethlisberger.

He represents the Steelers’ best quarterback since 2020, when Roethlisberger threw for 3,800 yards, 33 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. That was Ben’s last really good season, and since then, the Steelers have had quarterback play that has wavered somewhere between mediocre and horrific.

Rodgers should be better than mediocre — might even be good! — and who knows? Maybe now that he will be two years removed from a major injury, he might be borderline elite again. I have no idea how good he will be, but when the baseline is “he has to be better than all of the Steelers q

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