ESPN doubts Steelers 2026 improvement with Aaron Rodgers
This isn't a bad take at all.
ESPN doubts Steelers 2026 improvement with Aaron Rodgers originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Pittsburgh Steelers welcomed back Aaron Rodgers into the fold last week, and he will be the starter for Mike McCarthy in 2026.
That sets the floor for the Steelers, but also their ceiling. Likely to win eight games, maybe nine, and sniffing around the playoffs, but never seriously challenging, the Steelers, at least to me, aren't a contender in 2026. Of course, they could prove me wrong, no doubt.
But ESPN's Ben Solak also has doubts over whether the Steelers will improve with Rodgers in Year 2. "So will the Steelers be any better this season? Never say never, of course," Solak wrote .
"I watched them start 11-0 with the husk of Ben Roethlisberger in 2020. Rodgers can certainly do this season what Roethlisberger did then. But I'll be placing my eggs in other baskets for 2026.