Longtime backup Mason Rudolph will likely serve as Pittsburgh's starting quarterback if Rodgers remains an unsigned free agent through the summer.

Pittsburgh traded a second-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks for wide receiver DK Metcalf, then signed him to a four-year contract worth $132 million -- a move that doesn't make sense unless the franchise plans on acquiring a bonafide starting QB.

People around the league — and particularly those in Pittsburgh — are waiting on a decision from Aaron Rodgers. But it’s mid-May and the veteran quarterback is a free agent despite the rumors linking him to the Steelers.