# Kyle Brandt: Brandt doubts Aaron Rodgers signs with the Giants and believes Rodgers is finished playing football altogether.

**Claimed:** Mar 3, 2025
**Pundit:** Kyle Brandt — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/kyle-brandt
**Outlet:** Move the Sticks (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/move-the-sticks-podcast
**How it reached us:** said on air or in an interview
**Original:** https://omny.fm/shows/nfl-good-morning-football/gmfb-monday-hour-2-rodgers-future-cam-ward-shadeur

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> I would be very, very very surprised to be joined the Giants.

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- **Aaron Rodgers to move — “done playing / retires”**
  - Kind: Trade and Signing Calls · About: Aaron Rodgers
  - Verdict: not settled yet

## Who this take is about

- Aaron Rodgers — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/aaron-rodgers

## What others said about the same people

- Jason McIntyre on Aaron Rodgers: McIntyre liked Cowherd's card, flagged the Jets and Chargers as potential upsets/strong teams, said the Chargers could reach the AFC Championship game, and declared Aaron Rodgers will miss the playoffs this year and retire in the offseason. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/fc0c43b5-a4a3-4dc1-829b-f07a813854f2 (scored 100)
- Tom Pelissero on Aaron Rodgers: Pelissero says it wouldn't shock him if Shedeur Sanders is part of an open quarterback competition in Cleveland heading into training camp, expects Cam Ward to be the Titans' starter by the preseason, and suggests that if Aaron Rodgers plays poorly the Steelers could hold a top-15 pick in the 2026 draft and target a quarterback. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/09766ec1-0261-470d-9bae-bd9ddbf816cf (scored 100)
- Will Blackmon on Aaron Rodgers: Blackmon believes Aaron Rodgers will either sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers or retire, and ultimately expects Pittsburgh to be where he lands because that is where he feels most respected. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1ea61fb1-df82-4f2f-a150-6330ddacd4dd (scored 100)
- Yogi Roth on Aaron Rodgers: Roth predicts Aaron Rodgers will keep playing and end up signing with the Steelers, and also says Minnesota's Max Brosmer will be on an NFL roster within a week of the draft. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/23460fdd-810f-4672-8183-6ff833229a01 (scored 100)
- Colin Cowherd on Aaron Rodgers: Cowherd gave his post-free-agency top 10 NFL team rankings, with Philadelphia first and Green Bay tenth, kept the Chiefs as a playoff team while predicting a pullback, and said the Chargers will make a big jump in Jim Harbaugh's second year. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/6bec15ac-bc47-4fae-b138-ffa90bd62538 (scored 0)
- Gerry Dulac on Aaron Rodgers: Dulac expects Aaron Rodgers to land with the Steelers on a deal of no more than two years, says the Giants will draft a quarterback with the No. 3 overall pick, doubts the Steelers will be a Super Bowl contender, predicts Pittsburgh takes a quarterback (liking Jackson Dart and Will Howard) and drafts a receiver by day two or at least round four, and thinks George Pickens won't get a second contract in Pittsburgh. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7dd5d4ee-5791-4542-9105-6b02913e8049 (scored 100)

## More trade and signing calls

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Tom Pelissero on Joey Porter Jr.: Pelissero laid out the Giants' quarterback situation with Jameis Winston starting, said Jayden Daniels likely won't be back when Washington plays the Giants and that Caleb Williams is unlikely to play Monday night, and floated Joey Porter Jr. landing in Dallas and Kirk Cousins being traded in-season. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f26c21be-0655-4d27-81b3-86e4c8db564f (scored 100)
- Joel Corry on Joey Porter Jr.: Corry runs through 2026 contract-year players and forecasts how their situations resolve: Puka Nacua as a prime franchise tag candidate in Los Angeles, a second straight tag for George Pickens in Dallas, a possible pre-deadline trade of Joey Porter Jr., and Moro Ojomo getting his best contract away from Philadelphia. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/25196116-210c-437d-8830-6cb98ea54b29 (scored 100)
- Bryan DeArdo on Joey Porter Jr.: DeArdo argues that a resolution to Joey Porter Jr.'s standoff with the Steelers is coming soon and that trading him is the only logical outcome, proposing three mock trades — all sending Porter to the Lions, with the middle scenario (Porter plus a 2027 third for Detroit's 2027 first and sixth) the one he calls a genuine win-win. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/fca2cc3c-b55d-47bf-b53c-93bf42d9097e (scored 0)
- Christian Booher on Joey Porter Jr.: Booher argues the Lions' struggling secondary needs a cornerback addition and names four trade targets Detroit could acquire: Joey Porter Jr., Kristian Fulton, Tyson Campbell and Mike Jackson. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/cb2f0d9c-344e-4ab3-8cb2-cb082235e123 (scored 0)
- Bryan DeArdo on Joey Porter Jr.: DeArdo suggests that if the Steelers do move Joey Porter Jr. before the Nov. 10 trade deadline, the Lions are a plausible destination given their early-season defensive struggles. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/52d5ce7b-845f-4892-9bb6-72964ef5e082 (scored 0)
- Jacob Punturi on Joey Porter Jr.: Punturi expects the Steelers to trade cornerback Joey Porter Jr., and argues the realistic return has fallen to a second-round pick and nothing more. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f0066f23-48e0-4cd6-8855-edff19577a98 (scored 100)

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