The Aaron Rodgers to New Orleans Saints rumors just got real. On Friday, the team confirmed quarterback Derek Carr has a shoulder injury that could affect his 2025 season. The timing is brutal. The NFL Draft is closing in, free agency is moving fast, and now the Saints don’t have a reliable QB plan.
They had stayed quiet all offseason while teams scrambled to solve their quarterback mess. Not anymore. Now they’re in it.
Derek Carr’s shoulder injury forces the New Orleans Saints into the Aaron Rodgers conversation
This wasn’t supposed to be the Saints' problem. Derek Carr had already locked down the starting job. But a shoulder injury this close to the NFL Draft changes everything. Suddenly, New Orleans is in the market.
There was already some draft chatter. Fans were hoping the team would pick up a young quarterback. But free agency? That hadn’t really been discussed—until now.
Now that Aaron Rodgers is still available, and the New Orleans Saints are one of the only teams with an immediate need, the math checks out.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport told Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football:
"Aaron Rodgers is the best quarterback available. I think everyone assumes that he's going to Pittsburgh. He hasn't made a decision. Pittsburgh I think is a better team. I would imagine that the Saints would look at him. I would imagine, I don't really know, but I would imagine. Then I also think, how willing would he be to go there knowing where kind of the roster is, which is not -- and I don't think it's in a bad place -- probably not where the Steelers are. At least something to consider."
This is not some rumor from nowhere. This is a plugged-in source pointing at New Orleans and saying, “look again.”
Rodgers is still out there. The Saints have a quarterback problem. It would be dumb not to pick up the phone.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are fumbling the Aaron Rodgers situation and losing locker room control
While the New Orleans Saints are being pulled into this conversation, the Pittsburgh Steelers are still sitting in quarterback limbo. They were supposed to land Aaron Rodgers. They were the front-runners. But the closer the offseason gets to real deadlines, the messier things get.
Cam Heyward made it loud on his end. He told the world:
“Hey, you want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler or you don't. I don't need to make more of a pitch than that.”
That wasn't just a hot take. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero on The Rich Eisen Show, other players inside the organization are just as frustrated.
"There are other people certainly in the organization, in the locker room, who are just going, 'What are we doing?' We're back for offseason workouts in ten days. We're coming up on the draft. What is the plan? At a time when, if you're a player, you feel like we can win."
The Pittsburgh Steelers don’t have a quarterback. They don’t have a timeline. And their players are publicly questioning leadership.
Then T.J. Watt dropped a cryptic social media post. Nobody knows what it meant, but the timing? Not a coincidence. Whether it’s about his contract or just general locker room fatigue, it’s bad.
No, they’re not trading Watt. But the fact that people are even talking about it shows how much chaos this one situation is causing.
The Steelers were supposed to be the smart ones. Instead, they’re letting Aaron Rodgers sit in free agency while the New Orleans Saints, a team with a real quarterback emergency, could make a move.
Aaron Rodgers now controls the board while the Saints and Steelers scramble
This is what leverage looks like. Aaron Rodgers has not signed with anyone. The New York Jets moved on quickly. The Pittsburgh Steelers are stuck in confusion. And now, Derek Carr’s injury has thrown the New Orleans Saints into the mix.
If Rodgers wants to wait, he can. If he wants to talk, he’ll have more than one suitor.
The Saints weren’t in the conversation last week. Now they’re in it.
And unless the Steelers get their act together fast, they could lose the only real shot they had at solving their quarterback mess this offseason.
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They had stayed quiet all offseason while teams scrambled to solve their quarterback mess. Not anymore. Now they’re in it.
Derek Carr’s shoulder injury forces the New Orleans Saints into the Aaron Rodgers conversation
Aaron Rodgers hearing about this Derek Carr injury: #Saints #NFL pic.twitter.com/88yQGXrMFJ
— Pietro DiSante (@PeteyD87) April 11, 2025
This wasn’t supposed to be the Saints' problem. Derek Carr had already locked down the starting job. But a shoulder injury this close to the NFL Draft changes everything. Suddenly, New Orleans is in the market.
There was already some draft chatter. Fans were hoping the team would pick up a young quarterback. But free agency? That hadn’t really been discussed—until now.
Now that Aaron Rodgers is still available, and the New Orleans Saints are one of the only teams with an immediate need, the math checks out.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport told Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football:
"Aaron Rodgers is the best quarterback available. I think everyone assumes that he's going to Pittsburgh. He hasn't made a decision. Pittsburgh I think is a better team. I would imagine that the Saints would look at him. I would imagine, I don't really know, but I would imagine. Then I also think, how willing would he be to go there knowing where kind of the roster is, which is not -- and I don't think it's in a bad place -- probably not where the Steelers are. At least something to consider."
This is not some rumor from nowhere. This is a plugged-in source pointing at New Orleans and saying, “look again.”
Rodgers is still out there. The Saints have a quarterback problem. It would be dumb not to pick up the phone.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are fumbling the Aaron Rodgers situation and losing locker room control
Derek Carr hurt his shoulder, some will say “Perfect Timing”⌚️ pic.twitter.com/MQaxS8mw8Q
— JKD (@JalenDavis4444) April 12, 2025
While the New Orleans Saints are being pulled into this conversation, the Pittsburgh Steelers are still sitting in quarterback limbo. They were supposed to land Aaron Rodgers. They were the front-runners. But the closer the offseason gets to real deadlines, the messier things get.
Cam Heyward made it loud on his end. He told the world:
“Hey, you want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler or you don't. I don't need to make more of a pitch than that.”
That wasn't just a hot take. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero on The Rich Eisen Show, other players inside the organization are just as frustrated.
"There are other people certainly in the organization, in the locker room, who are just going, 'What are we doing?' We're back for offseason workouts in ten days. We're coming up on the draft. What is the plan? At a time when, if you're a player, you feel like we can win."
The Pittsburgh Steelers don’t have a quarterback. They don’t have a timeline. And their players are publicly questioning leadership.
Then T.J. Watt dropped a cryptic social media post. Nobody knows what it meant, but the timing? Not a coincidence. Whether it’s about his contract or just general locker room fatigue, it’s bad.
No, they’re not trading Watt. But the fact that people are even talking about it shows how much chaos this one situation is causing.
The Steelers were supposed to be the smart ones. Instead, they’re letting Aaron Rodgers sit in free agency while the New Orleans Saints, a team with a real quarterback emergency, could make a move.
Aaron Rodgers now controls the board while the Saints and Steelers scramble
This is what leverage looks like. Aaron Rodgers has not signed with anyone. The New York Jets moved on quickly. The Pittsburgh Steelers are stuck in confusion. And now, Derek Carr’s injury has thrown the New Orleans Saints into the mix.
If Rodgers wants to wait, he can. If he wants to talk, he’ll have more than one suitor.
The Saints weren’t in the conversation last week. Now they’re in it.
And unless the Steelers get their act together fast, they could lose the only real shot they had at solving their quarterback mess this offseason.
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