The Steelers’ odds do not transfer a lot, if in any respect, post-Aaron Rodgers

The Steelers have added quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The transfer hasn’t added a lot to their betting odds for 2025.

At DraftKings, the Steelers have dropped from a +4500 underdog to win the Tremendous Bowl to +4000. Whereas that displays some motion, it nonetheless has them as 40-1 lengthy photographs to win their seventh Lombardi Trophy.

Others sports activities books haven’t modified the Tremendous Bowl odds in any respect, post-Rodgers. Through Ben Fawkes of Yahoo Sports activities, the Steelers’ odds stay 45-1 at BetMGM.

The percentages haven’t modified as a result of the Rodgers transfer has been anticipated. As famous by Fawkes, the Steelers opened at 80-1 to win the Tremendous Bowl.

Even with Rodgers, the Steelers stay decidedly under elite groups just like the Payments (+700), the Ravens (+700), the Chiefs (+750), and the Bengals (+2000). Even the Chargers and Broncos — each at +2500 — are seen as considerably higher bets than the Steelers to win all of it.

One sports activities e-book govt summarized the scenario in blunt phrases.

“Rodgers has been terrible,” Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook V.P. of danger Ed Salmons advised Fawkes. “Earlier than he ruptured his Achilles, his final yr in Inexperienced Bay he wasn’t good. Because the [Achilles] damage, he can’t transfer — he simply dumps it off so he doesn’t get hit. [Mason] Rudolph and Rodgers are the identical factor for me.”

Most would say the 2 aren’t the identical. The query is whether or not, with Rodgers, the Steelers develop into something greater than a crew that will get to the postseason and may or may not win a playoff recreation for the primary time in 9 years.