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Skip Bayless, a controversial sports media personality, put the Pittsburgh Steelers organization on blast. While Bayless has more often than not taken things too far, he recently went on a four-minute rant that echoed a sentiment the Black and Gold faithful have been saying for years.
Bayless went hard on the Pittsburgh Steelers for losing the identity that legendary quarterback Terry Bradshaw and the Steel Curtain created back in the late ’70s and early ’80s. He criticized the team’s lack of a succession plan after Ben Roethlisberger and their “groveling” to Aaron Rodgers this offseason—as he so eloquently put it:
“And now the mighty Steelers are so desperate for a quarterback that they're crawling, groveling—for Aaron Rodgers? Aaron Rodgers hit the wall in Green Bay.”
He continued to echo the sentiment that Rodgers’ time in the NFL is all but done, using it to further humiliate the Steelers:
“Three straight failures in three years. Green Bay said no to Aaron Rodgers. And now the Jets have said no to Aaron Rodgers. And now the Minnesota Vikings have said no to Aaron Rodgers. It sounds like the mighty Steelers are all but begging a washed-up Aaron Rodgers to come save them.”
Bayless finished his passionate rant on a powerful note, with criticism aimed directly at the Rooney family:
“I can't blame the Steelers for groveling, crawling for Aaron Rodgers—but I can feel sorry for them. How did the Rooney family let it come to this?”
This sentiment—of pushing Steelers President Art Rooney II for change—is not lost on the fanbase. At the end of the 2024 season, superfan Kevin Adams paid to have a billboard put up that read: “The standard is mediocrity. Trade Tomlin or sell the team, Rooney! We've had enough.”
Is this another instance of Bayless making a mountain out of a molehill? Or has the Pittsburgh Steelers’ reputation for mediocrity begun to become the new 'standard' that sports media personalities get to mock for years to come?
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Skip Bayless blasts Steelers for ‘groveling’ to Aaron Rodgers
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Bayless went hard on the Pittsburgh Steelers for losing the identity that legendary quarterback Terry Bradshaw and the Steel Curtain created back in the late ’70s and early ’80s. He criticized the team’s lack of a succession plan after Ben Roethlisberger and their “groveling” to Aaron Rodgers this offseason—as he so eloquently put it:
“And now the mighty Steelers are so desperate for a quarterback that they're crawling, groveling—for Aaron Rodgers? Aaron Rodgers hit the wall in Green Bay.”
He continued to echo the sentiment that Rodgers’ time in the NFL is all but done, using it to further humiliate the Steelers:
“Three straight failures in three years. Green Bay said no to Aaron Rodgers. And now the Jets have said no to Aaron Rodgers. And now the Minnesota Vikings have said no to Aaron Rodgers. It sounds like the mighty Steelers are all but begging a washed-up Aaron Rodgers to come save them.”
Bayless finished his passionate rant on a powerful note, with criticism aimed directly at the Rooney family:
“I can't blame the Steelers for groveling, crawling for Aaron Rodgers—but I can feel sorry for them. How did the Rooney family let it come to this?”
This sentiment—of pushing Steelers President Art Rooney II for change—is not lost on the fanbase. At the end of the 2024 season, superfan Kevin Adams paid to have a billboard put up that read: “The standard is mediocrity. Trade Tomlin or sell the team, Rooney! We've had enough.”
Is this another instance of Bayless making a mountain out of a molehill? Or has the Pittsburgh Steelers’ reputation for mediocrity begun to become the new 'standard' that sports media personalities get to mock for years to come?
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Skip Bayless blasts Steelers for ‘groveling’ to Aaron Rodgers
Continue reading...
