{"id":859031,"date":"2025-06-30T07:13:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/depot-after-dark-rodgers-fantasy-projection-steelers-named-among-most-interesting-teams-no-supplemental-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T07:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:13:03","slug":"depot-after-dark-rodgers-fantasy-projection-steelers-named-among-most-interesting-teams-no-supplemental-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/depot-after-dark-rodgers-fantasy-projection-steelers-named-among-most-interesting-teams-no-supplemental-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Depot After Dark: Rodgers Fantasy Projection, Steelers Named Among Most Interesting Teams, No Supplemental Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Steelers Depot daily segment. A quick hit of some Pittsburgh Steelers-related stories that may not require a complete article but nuggets worth mentioning and passing on to you guys.<\/p>\n

Your Depot After Dark for June 29.<\/p>\n

AARON RODGERS FANTASY FOOTBALL BREAKDOWN<\/h3>\n

With the NFL season and fantasy football drafts fast approaching, Pro Football Focus\u2019 Nathan Jahnke<\/a> broke down Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 QB Aaron Rodgers\u2019 fantasy viability in his new home. While Rodgers might be useful in deeper leagues, Jahnke concluded that Rodgers is unlikely to be a viable starter in his age-41 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 41 years old, there is little reason to expect Rodgers to return to his fantasy starter form after rarely finishing as a top-12 fantasy quarterback the last three seasons. However, in superflex leagues, he should generally be a fantasy starter, as there is not as much fear of him getting benched as a few other options.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not much of a surprise given that Rodgers hasn\u2019t been putting up the production he did during the prime of his career, and in Pittsburgh, there are questions about his supporting cast. Additionally, the Steelers may not want to lean on Rodgers too much and as a result, it could hurt his counting stats, which is all that really matters in fantasy football.<\/p>\n

STEELERS NAMED ONE OF MOST INTERESTING TEAMS<\/h3>\n

Bleacher Report\u2019s Brad Gagnon believes<\/a> the Steelers signing Aaron Rodgers is worth \u201cseveral popcorn-eating gifs\u201d and named the Steelers among the eight most interesting teams heading into the 2025 NFL season. Gagnon writes that there\u2019s intrigue on several levels with Rodgers, as if he crashes and burns, it will be a storyline, and if he\u2019s able to lead the Steelers to the playoffs, it will be intriguing.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt that the Steelers are under a microscope this year. They\u2019re one of the NFL\u2019s biggest brands, and signing a four-time MVP in Rodgers who has made a lot of headlines over the past few seasons makes them a team to watch this season. They\u2019re a team that\u2019s discussed nearly every day by the national media, and training camp hasn\u2019t even started yet. When we see Rodgers hit the field, it\u2019s only going to ramp up, and there will be a lot to discuss when it comes to his tenure in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

NO SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT THIS OFFSEASON<\/h3>\n

For the second year in a row, the NFL won\u2019t be holding a supplemental draft. The Athletic reported on Friday<\/a> that the event won\u2019t be held this offseason.<\/p>\n

The NFL held a supplemental draft in 2023, but no players were selected. It was the first time one was held since 2019. The Supplemental Draft was created to give players whose collegiate eligibility was affected but who did not enter the NFL Draft. Notable players selected in past supplemental drafts include WR Cris Carter, QB Bernie Kosar and recently, S Jalen Thompson, who was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2019 supplemental draft.<\/p>\n

There were no players ruled eligible for the supplemental draft, hence why the league isn\u2019t holding one. If players were eligible, the league would hold the event, but that wasn\u2019t the case this season. Traditionally, there\u2019s only a small pool of available players, with just two being eligible the last time the draft was held in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Steelers Depot daily segment. A quick hit of some Pittsburgh Steelers-related stories that may not require a complete article but nuggets worth mentioning and passing on to you guys. Your Depot After Dark for June 29. AARON RODGERS FANTASY FOOTBALL BREAKDOWN With the NFL season and fantasy football drafts fast approaching, Pro Football Focus\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":859032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168,3235,3790],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-859031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-after","8":"category-depot","9":"category-football"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}