Ever since the Minnesota Vikings decided to move forward with J.J. McCarthy instead of entertaining a future with Aaron Rodgers, it’s been quite clear that the Pittsburgh Steelers are his only real option. Derek Carr’s retirement in New Orleans briefly raised questions about the validity of the Saints being a suitor, but one insider is reporting that never made sense to begin with.
“No surprise here, but Aaron Rodgers never really was a consideration for the Saints in the wake of Derek Carr retirement,” NOLA.com’s Jeff Duncan wrote on X. “At their current stages, they don’t make sense for him, and he doesn’t make sense for them.