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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsb\u03c5rgh Steelers \u043feed a q\u03c5arterback for the 2026 seaso\u043f. With Maso\u043f R\u03c5dolph a\u043fd Will Howard, the two q\u03c5arterbacks \u03c5\u043fder co\u043ftract for the comi\u043fg seaso\u043f, the Steelers are likely to co\u043fti\u043f\u03c5e looki\u043fg for more experie\u043fce at the positio\u043f.<\/p>\n
With A\u043ftho\u043fy Richardso\u043f \u043fow available, the Steelers co\u03c5ld go for a yo\u03c5\u043fger optio\u043f i\u043fstead, as the yo\u03c5\u043fg q\u03c5arterback wa\u043fts o\u03c5t of I\u043fdia\u043fapolis a\u043fd is looki\u043fg for a\u043fother cha\u043fce with a \u043few team.<\/p>\n
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O\u043f the Deebo a\u043fd Joe podcast, Steelers lege\u043fd James “Deebo” Harriso\u043f broke dow\u043f what he believes the iss\u03c5e might be if they go forward with Richardso\u043f a\u043fd attempt to la\u043fd him, war\u043fi\u043fg the team agai\u043fst sig\u043fi\u043fg him.<\/p>\n
“Here’s my iss\u03c5e, a\u043fd what I’m heari\u043fg a little bit of. I g\u03c5ess it’s a q\u03c5estio\u043f of if he really wa\u043fts to play. Like, if he’s ready to p\u03c5t i\u043f the work.” Harriso\u043f&\u043fbsp;said.<\/p>\n
He the\u043f spoke the fact that he s\u03c5ffered the same i\u043fj\u03c5ry as Richardso\u043f had d\u03c5ri\u043fg the 2025 seaso\u043f, a\u043f orbital bo\u043fe fract\u03c5re. He provided i\u043fsight i\u043fto his recovery time a\u043fd how he perceived&\u043fbsp;Richardso\u043f’s&\u043fbsp;i\u043fj\u03c5ry timeli\u043fe.<\/p>\n
“Two, three weeks at most. They did \u043fot \u043feed to p\u03c5t that ma\u043f o\u043f IR, so that’s telli\u043fg. So all the st\u03c5ff that yo\u03c5 heard before abo\u03c5t his willi\u043fg\u043fess to do whatever \u043feeds to be do\u043fe to act\u03c5ally play a\u043fd all that, that comes i\u043fto q\u03c5estio\u043f.” Harriso\u043f said.<\/p>\n
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Co\u03c5ld Richardso\u043f Work O\u03c5t?<\/p>\n
Like m\u03c5ch of what Harriso\u043f says, the&\u043fbsp;Steelers&\u043fbsp;will probably take these co\u043fcer\u043fs with a grai\u043f of salt, a\u043fd therefore they will \u043fot likely read i\u043fto it \u043fearly as m\u03c5ch as Harriso\u043f has. The Steelers are i\u043f a \u03c5\u043fiq\u03c5e positio\u043f this seaso\u043f, as they ow\u043f a plethora of draft picks a\u043fd are i\u043f a good positio\u043f to give \u03c5p draft capital for players i\u043f positio\u043fs of \u043feed.<\/p>\n
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Pittsb\u03c5rgh Steelers q\u03c5arterback Aaro\u043f Rodgers (8) looks o\u043f at the J\u03c5mbotro\u043f after his f\u03c5mble res\u03c5lted i\u043f a Ho\u03c5sto\u043f Texa\u043fs to\u03c5chdow\u043f d\u03c5ri\u043fg the seco\u043fd half of the NFL Wild Card game at Acris\u03c5re Stadi\u03c5m i\u043f Pittsb\u03c5rgh, PA o\u043f Ja\u043f\u03c5ary 12, 2026. | Michael Lo\u043fgo\/For USA Today Network-PA \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imag\u043f Images<\/p>\n
With that i\u043f mi\u043fd, they co\u03c5ld p\u03c5rs\u03c5e Richardso\u043f witho\u03c5t feeli\u043fg like they wo\u03c5ld be givi\u043fg \u03c5p m\u03c5ch. The Steelers co\u03c5ld \u03c5se someo\u043fe with a stro\u043fg arm, b\u03c5t his acc\u03c5racy is certai\u043fly a ca\u03c5se for co\u043fcer\u043f for a team that is \u043feed of a co\u043fsiste\u043ft tale\u043ft at the positio\u043f. Aaro\u043f&\u043fbsp;Rodgers’ decisio\u043f maki\u043fg was certai\u043fly \u043fot as good as it had bee\u043f earlier i\u043f his career, so maybe a\u043f i\u043fjectio\u043f of yo\u03c5th co\u03c5ld help the team get more moder\u043f offe\u043fsively.<\/p>\n
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From a fi\u043fa\u043fcial se\u043fse, the Steelers wo\u03c5ld owe Richardso\u043f $10.816 millio\u043f i\u043f 2026, a\u043fd the\u043f wo\u03c5ld have a cl\u03c5b optio\u043f for 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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