Though it hardly takes a football whiz to understand why QB Aaron Rodgers, in his final NFL season, chose the Pittsburgh Steelers over the New York Giants, Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer explained why Rodgers joined Pittsburgh instead of one of his other suitors.
“The Giants were gonna ask him to do what the Jets asked him to do,” Breer told Rich Eisen on Wednesday. “Which was to take a young core that’s got talent in it and lift it up. And I believe the reason why he picked the Steelers over the Giants was because he’d be jumping on a moving train with guys who are legitimately his peers.