ESPN insider Peter Schrager is seemingly pushing back on the notion the Pittsburgh Steelers truly settled for Aaron Rodgers as the team’s third choice behind Justin Fields and Matthew Stafford. Sharing his thoughts on the Pat McAfee Show Tuesday, Schrager thinks if there was a will, there would’ve been a way to keep Fields in Pittsburgh.
“Everyone’s like, they really wanted Fields,” Schrager told the show. “If they really wanted Fields, they would’ve paid Fields big money. That was my take on the whole thing. ‘They really wanted Stafford.’ Well, Stafford wasn’t going…they didn’t really want Fields.