Will Howard, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ sixth-round (No. 185) pick, signed a four-year contract on Friday. He aspires to be their next man under center, and Peter Schrager’s insights only reinforce that expectation.

Pittsburgh continues to wait on Aaron Rodgers, the “Pat McAfee Show” personality who played QB for the Jets for the last two years and will turn 42 in December. The latest is that there is no latest,

Despite being heavily linked to the Steelers, quarterback Aaron Rodgers remains a free agent as OTA’s (late May) and mandatory minicamp (mid-June) draw near. But Pittsburgh has kept busy elsewhere in the offseason, this week trading wide receiver George Pickens to the Cowboys for a package that includes a third-round pick.