The Fumblerooski Podcast - Unc Status -Ep 449 The Fumblerooski Podcast

Episode Date: May 8, 2026

On today's episode, Aaron Rodgers reportedly comes back to the Steelers. No deal is set in place, but what if there isn’t one? Could there be another team willing to bring him in? Jauan Jennings signs a 1 year deal to stack up the Vikings WR room, and Stefon Diggs is found not guilty. Who could be the next WR taken from free agency? Chris Costich and Justin Tucker talk all this and more!

On today's episode of the Fumble Ruski podcast, Aaron Rogers, set to return for another season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. And then a weird one, Joanne Jennings, signs a one-year, $13 million deal with the Vikings. Breaking news earlier this week, Stefan Diggs ruled not guilty in an assault and battery case on his personal chef, bringing him essentially back into the market of available wide receivers in front. free agency. So we're going to take a look at those. And it's a rather long list to say the least. All that and more, this is the Pumpfrewski podcast. It may not have always showed it in the stat sheet, but you can see him making throws when he needs to make the throws. Back-to-back games where he has three touchdowns. Someone's got to get that six or seven spot. He's an elite wide

receiver as a rookie. Truly a lose-lose scenario for both sides. on today's episode of the Fulmorewski podcast Chris is going to repeat what he just said Welcome to the Fulmariski podcast by Secret Weapon Consulting We got tuck, we got myself Chris, no CJ tonight We had a Wusox game that ran rather long It was a 12-in-game I only got home about 30 minutes ago CJ's still probably on the road as we speak

he was he has a not too much of a farther drive than me probably like 20 minutes i'd say if that but the parking garage he was at was closed by the time he got there so he had to find an attendee to let him out so he got i'd say he could probably got delayed by another 15 minutes so he said all right well just to make sure people are going to bed uh I'd wrap somewhat on the earlier side. I mean, while we're recording this damn near midnight, let's just, we'll just do myself and tuck. CJ, just worry about the thumbnails.

Here we are. Here we are. Talk about Aaron Rogers playing another season of football. Yes. Yep. Or, well, I should say this. Rogers visited the Steelers likely to play for them in 2020. I feel like I should really be more or less reframing that.

Phrasing it as that because there still is no, there is no set agreements. So that's the report here. Obviously a little bit misleading on my part, but those are the sources that were shared via ESPN. If he is coming back, and that's a big if. If he is coming back, that's good news. Ravens fans because we need to run that shit back. He's not about to go 2 and O on us and get away

with it. Absolutely not. First and foremost, even if he does retire, congratulations to Aaron Rogers. Had an amazing career, one of the best quarterbacks a little time. But if he's coming back, run that shit back. Because you escaped us not once, but twice, and you did not deserve that second one. But he beat us both times, and I want a rematch. So, hopefully he does come back. I want him to see him go toe to the toe tole of Lamar Jackson again. When they faced each other, fireworks happened. And I think he would be an upgrade over any quarterback that they have that the Steelers have currently on the roster.

Who do they have, they have the quarterback from Ohio State last year. That's the one I'm aware of. But I don't even know of any other quarterback they have on the roster. Well, you're thinking of Will Howard. Yes. Mason Rudolph and Drew Aller. Drew Aller is an okay prospect. I'm not really concerned about that.

Mason Rudolph is Mason Rudolph. That's all I'm going to say about that. So Aaron Rogers would be by far the best quarterback on the roster. So almost no competition there. I was about to say Mason Rudolph, like at the very least, gives you some sort of familiarity. He doesn't. Will Howard, you're not starting him in year two. Drew Aller, you're not starting them in year one.

Like, that's just a matter of fact. At the very least, you're sitting them and trying to get them to develop into something, if anything. If I'm going up against the Steelers, none of the names you named scare me even in the least, but let alone Mason Rudolph. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. Aruney told NFL Network last week, you remained confident Rogers would be the team's quarterback.

I believe the uncertainty would wrap up soon and also said, he also said at last year's, or last year's last, this past month in March, that Steelers expected an answer by the NFL draft, which, well, obviously didn't happen. No, but they did set up a meeting. So maybe something did happen and a meeting was made. Yeah. Omar Khan, the GM, and Mike McCarthy said that before the draft. They're not putting a deadline on this in terms of when Rogers is going to notify the team about his decision.

So for all we know, we might be waiting until damn near July or damn near August, really. Oh, I don't think that. I think late June, early July at the latest. Hopefully. You would think, hopefully, because he still needs camaraderie with his teammates. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just happy they weren't able to get Mackay-Lumman, because imagine Michael Pittman with D.K. McHef and Mackay-Lumman, that is actually a bit concerning, but not this dealers.

Not this time. Yeah. Steelers also applied for a rarely used unrestricted free agent. tender on Rogers last month. So that would ensure that they would be eligible to secure a compensatory draft pick if he signs with another team instead.

But who else would sign Rogers at this point? Like Arizona? Maybe. If I really got to thinking, I'd probably find some teams that would probably sign Rogers if they could. But no, Steelers

need him the most. But like the Steeler, with Rogers, though, is that you're signing them because you think you can make a run. Like, the Steelers still think, like, with their roster, they could still potentially make them run. That's the thing. I don't know. They're the, I don't know how to explain them. They're the best 9 and 8 team I've ever seen. Like, they'll constantly go 9 and 8, but then they get to the playoffs and lose.

Yeah. Exactly. Like, they're too good. Like, Mike Tomlin was too good for. for the Pittsburgh Steelers because he kept overachieving but again once he got to the playoffs the overachieving shit didn't matter

because they were going up against better competition yeah like at this point let's just knock out some teams bills pets no dolphins jets no Ravens fuck no Ravens bangles shit even the browns

like he's not going to the Browns he wouldn't go there even if they needed him but still no Texans. I'm not going to lie. I thought of the Texans. Really? Only because of C.J. Stroud's play.

But I'm hoping they're thinking he'll get back to the way he was. But if they asked him, who would you rather have Aaron Rogers or that version of C.J. Straub in the playoffs? I think they would actually take Aaron Rogers right now. I wish I didn't pause after I said Texans because I just left the door open for you there. but I mean we probably would have ended up seeing that conversation anyways. Colts? Most likely not.

I don't think they have a run in them right now, so no. I mean, maybe they do. I don't know. Titans, no. Jaguars, no. Broncos, no, Chiefs, no. Raiders, no. Chargers, no.

Cowboys, giants, eagles, eagles, no. Cowboys, Giants, Eagles, commanders, no. Bears, lions, Packers, shit, the Vikings, no. Like, Vikings? I mean, they're putting their, seems they're putting their eggs in on, on most likely Kyler here, so. Yes, that, even with the Joanne Jennings signing. Yes.

So I'm, hopefully that works out, but I'm not going to lie. It's not a flat out no. It's kind of like, no. Like it goes into a question. I can see that. All right. Bucks, Saints,

no, Panthers, shit. Falcons, maybe. Everybody in the NFC South, no. However,

Michael Pinnock's, you better fix it. Yeah. Today, you need to fix it. Cardinals, no. Rams, no.

49ers, no. Seahawks, definitely, no. like the Steelers is really the only team that like it's the only viable option at this point in time it's the only thing that makes sense because either the teams that we just listed are teams that are teams that already have a goreback and which is like most of them and teams that are not in a position to make a run yes yeah the only other team that I could see low key making a run that has the talent is oddly enough Atlanta.

Yeah. Just the quarterback play hasn't been up to snuff. Yeah. That would probably, yeah, no, I agree with that. Like, Atlanta's probably the only other one that I would really say is, like, one that's potentially going to make a run as well. Yeah. Yeah, because I'm like, they could win their division.

I could see that. Yeah. Anything can happen in the NFC South, baby. Yeah. John, we mentioned it. John Jennings signs a one-year $13 million deal with the Vikings. So makes him the number three receiver behind Jeddhas and Addison. Replaces Jalen Naylor who signed a three-year, $35 million deal with the Raiders.

I feel like, I'm sorry, but like that's one. surprised we haven't talked about is like what the hell how is jeline nailer getting 30 mil? They needed a wide receiver Jalen Naylor Is that wide receiver 3 money

now? Because I'm like he's not that's not wide receiver 1 money and he's not getting paid like T. Higgins like 28 million so I'm like is that wide receiver 3 type money so it's like if that is

wide receiver three type money I'm fine with it yeah I'm basing this off the Steelers cap space and I've already admitted that's not a good way of going yeah like yeah when you look at the Vikings receiver court yeah it's pretty

it's really freaking good now like you have three very competent receivers you add in TJ Hawkinson Aaron Jones out of the backfield same thing with Jordan Mason he's pretty solid on his own right like you're setting yourself up for success for somebody in your quarterback room.

So, yeah. But at the same time, like, for me, it doesn't make sense because, like, Joanne Jennings is, he's at the very least a two that had to act as the one for the 49ers this past year. Yeah, and he did his part for the most of the time. Yeah. So it just feels like you're asking Joanne Jennings to take away targets from. at the very least, Jordan Addison. Like, Jedd is going to get his targets,

assumably. You would hope. But last year was just, this is a new year. We're hoping he'll get the targets he deserves. Yeah. Hope, I think Joanne Jennings would help. But I'm drawing a blank year.

Are they the best wide receiver tree on the league right now? So I'm like, who's the Bengals number three? A.S. of us, whatever his name is. He would be the only one, because he's low-key kind of talented. Yeah. I agree with that.

Nope, I'm wrong. It's the Eagles. I'm wrong. It's... Right now, it's... We're talking about right now. Jay Brown is going to be gone June 1st. That's what you think. That is what you think.

As of right now, it's the Eagles, but I could see the Vikings changing that. Or, you know, A.J. Brown leaving the Eagles and going somewhere else. I mean, the Eagles even have Hollywood Brown. They also have a who's who of names in their wide receiver core. So obviously, we mentioned Brown, Devont Smith, McIllum, and they also have Hollywood Brown, Elijah Moore, and Don Tadavian Wicks. I kind of forgot. What is that? What about their wide receiver core?

I kind of forgot the guys around the team. They have so many weapons, and, well, they have a deep threat in Hollywood Brown. They have the monster and A.J. Brown. They have Devante Smith, the wide receiver, too. Mackay Lemon's going to be your slot. They just got weapons. When did this happen? And didn't they just sign Jonathan Greenyard on defense?

Yeah, for much. I know they like to defer contracts for later down the season. Just like they guarantee it the first half, but not in the second half. But oh, my Lord. Yeah. They are getting away with murder over here. They actually might win the Super Bowl just based on paper the roster. Yeah.

But, yeah, anyways, drawn Genics. Final thoughts on it. I think this can either make or break Kyler Murray. I think this could be the podcast. possibility of making J.J. McCarthy the starting quarterback again if Kyler doesn't play well. They have the weapons on the offensive side of the ball. I'll need to see what that defense does before I can give Minnesota any playoff hopes. But I think this is a positive for the offense, but we'll see. Now, does this make them an 11 and 6, 12 and 15? Because that's where you're going to 12 and 5 and 6.

and 11 and 6, most likely it's going to be what you need to get to make the playoffs in the NFC. Never mind, make it out of the NFC North. Yeah. I see 11 and 6. I could see that if things go well. I would need to look at the right, like the schedule again, but 11 and 6 is possible with that offense and defense. But everything would have to go right, and I'm not sure everything would go right. Yeah.

Yeah. Also talk about an aging running back in Aaron Jones. Don't know how good Jordan Mason's going to end up being. Not saying Jordan Mason is a bad running back either. He had 750 yards, six touchdowns last year. But yeah, anyways. All right.

We're going to take a quick break. When we get back, we'll get into the free agent wide receivers that are still available on the board. Some old names, but still fun to talk about. This is the whole MERSCoo podcast. It may not have always showed in the stop sheet, but you can see him making throws when he needs to make the throws. Back-to-back games where he has three touchdowns.

Someone's got to get that six or seven spot. He's an elite wide receiver as a rookie. Truly a lose-lose scenario for both sides. All right. Before we get into the free agent wide receivers, Taylor Heineke announced his retirement. It's a sad day. It's a sad day for the call. Mm-hmm.

It is a very sad day because I remember when Heineke played. and he wasn't a bad quarterback, and it's unfortunate that he's retired now. Yeah, seven-year career, retires at 33. Damn near almost beat, damn near almost beat Tom Brady in the playoffs, and, I mean, him stepping in during that COVID year kind of ended up.

That COVID year essentially was what helped Taylor Heineke have a career. Yes, that game showed everyone that he could be accommodated, a 10 quarterback in the NFL because he almost outplayed Tom Brady in an NFL playoff game. That was impressive. A Tampa Bay team that would also go on to win the Super Bowl. And pretty handedly beat the Kansas City Chiefs. So get on Hineke, but seven years.

That's not a bad career for a backup quarterback. And like, you get a lot of money as a backup too. Yeah. You do make a fuck ton of money doing that. Moving on to all right, the wide receivers. Well, I guess the first thing we should talk about, you know, since why not? Stefan Diggs was ruled not guilty in his assault and battery case of his private chef. Major victory.

Major dub for a boy Diggs. Yep, he was found innocent. That video was crazy. Yeah, lady, the chef, the alleged victim in question, dancing, hopping around. Yeah, that's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy. So yeah, Diggs now joins a, essentially rejoins a long list of names that are still available in the free agent market, mainly more or less 30-something-year-olds that are still in the league. But they're available.

Big names. So let's go through some of them. Tire Kill. That's a rough situation right now. Yeah. I feel like that's another one that's like he's a free agent, but like no one's really going to touch him. Yeah, which is unfortunate, but that's just how it is right now.

Yeah. digs kind of opens himself up a little bit more especially with like the last two seasons with the Texans, the Patriots. I feel like helped his reputation a little bit. His Instagram posts kind of had me fired up though.

I mean, he made a pretty solid selling point on himself for teams to come get him. is Posts an insane edit With a sick JZ song This is and then the caption This is not an opinion-based sport

So here are the numbers I played 52% of the snaps And finished with 85 catches for 1,045 yards Coming off an ACL tear Yep Where are we going I think he deserves another chance I think since he had a thousand yards

And had four touchdowns I think he should get another chance with another team. And since he came out and came off his innocence, and I think he'll get more like interest, considering what he did last year off in ACLs there. So who knows? Maybe he'll get another shot and maybe he'll be a wide receiver one somewhere. Yeah, maybe so.

Does he think those would take them back? Hmm? Do you think the bills would take him back? Probably not. I feel like that ended somewhat sour. Yeah, but if you have to go through, another season of Keon Coleman. I mean, don't you just bite the bullet?

Maybe. Maybe. I mean, like, Diggs is also 32 at this rate, too. Like, also I have to kind of put that into account. Yeah. Like, that's kind of the same thing with Tyree Kill. Now, granted, Tyree Kill's market value corn to spot track is sliced in half compared to what it was last year. Yeah. But still.

And kind of the same thing with Diggs. Like his, it's not sliced in half, but. It's still a lot less than what it was last year. Like his average annual value last year was 21 mil. He wasn't even 21 mil last year. He wasn't going to get 21 mil last year. Oh, yeah. And obviously, some of those were like in guarantees or other bullshit, too.

Yeah. Debo. Debo Samuel. Still through a shadow of what he once was. Yeah. Only 30. Only 30. Only 30, but the way the 49ers used him might have impacted his career.

Yeah, exactly. I want him on another team just to see it, but no, he's not the same wide receiver. Yeah. I hope he proves me wrong because I like the way he plays, but, man, that was rough. Yeah. Curtis Samuel, that's another one that's like, yeah, he's done. Especially these last couple years in Buffalo. what did he do in Buffalo exactly

nothing of note it induced Jack squat DeAndre Hopkins I won him back in Baltimore but he's one of those receivers where you think he's done but then he'll do some things where he's like okay he still got something left in the tent yeah but the numbers don't also

yeah the numbers in his defense it's not like Baltimore was playing well at the quarterback spot once Lamar, I mean, once Lamar went down. Yeah. And I mean, that's not just fault. You guys also just freaking pound the rock, too. It's not exactly a great offense for receivers to be in. It was the year before.

Then last year happened and it just, it just wasn't the same. Yeah. Noel Brown. That's kind of another one that's like, yeah, the last couple years in Washington kind of has written the story on him. Yeah. Last time I remember, wasn't he in Houston? Yeah, he was. Yeah. Well, he was, and then he went to Washington. Yeah, that's why.

Keenan Allen? He's 34, so it's either he's staying with the Chiefs or he's retiring. Chargers, man. Yeah, I'm sorry, Chargers. Yeah. So I think he's done. Hell of a career, but I think he's done. Yeah, no, same.

That's basically all the really big name wide receivers on this list. I think Dick's makes a roster. I think Hopkins makes a roster, but the rest of them, it's going to be bear pickings. Tyree Kill towards the end of the season if someone needs a wide receiver and they're trying to make a playoff push, I could see that. Yeah. But even then, like, Tiger Kill, he has so much bullshit going on that, like, Yes.

Yeah. That's the thing. There was something with him today that I saw, but I don't remember what it was. Probably for the best. Yes, but there was something there. I just don't remember, which is a shame. That is a shame. Well, it's all the scheduled content that we have today.

Yep. It's unfortunate. Yeah, that's just the office season. for you. Yeah, it's dry out here for the time being. Yeah. Yeah, it's pretty dry. But we make do of what we got.

Yep. That's why we have the actual grid still. This is going to be rough without CJ. Yeah, I'm down to just run through whatever names we can think of off the top of our head. Cowboys Super Bowl champion. Okay, last 30 plus years and beyond. 30 plus years and beyond because no one else is going to make that list. Leon Lett.

Yeah, Leon Lett. See, I'm curious to see what Leon Lett's percentage is going to be. 4%. 4%. I thought, I didn't think it. Oakland Raiders. Oh, I got a good one. We'll go Dave Casper.

Nice. 3%. And then the Broncos. I wonder if Mark Schlerth would be a good one. No, no. I was going to say Brandon Marshall, but the Broncos were Brandon Marshall. No. Bramarshish?

No. He wasn't on the Broncos for that run. Yes, he was. No, he wasn't. No. Oh, that Brandon Marshall. Yes. Okay.

Nice. Point four. There we go. Very nice. All right. let's let's find our way through this Steelers Cowboy this

man Oakland Steelers Darius Hayward Bay Oh yes Yes good one Did I spell Yeah you spell A word

No Oh my God What What the fuck is going on here Try an E instead of a What I got it.

All right. That's, I'm using Google. Oh, it's two R's. That's why. Yep. No, you, E. No. What do you mean?

Oh, okay. 15%. 15%. Jesus Christ. Immaculate grid's giving me a fucking aneurism. Yep. Dan Broncos. Steeler.

Yeah, by the way, It's Pittsburgh Cowboys, Pittsburgh Raiders, Pittsburgh Broncos, Vikings Cowboys, Vikings Raiders, Vikings Broncos, and a Cowboy Raider and a Bronco that were a Super Bowl champ. Yes. For our listeners. All right. Christian Ponder didn't play for the Raiders, right? No. I don't know why my mind's going to Christian Ponder right now.

Off the top of it. No, not Brett 4. No. I'm trying to figure out, like, careers that went to die and they went to Oakland. Yeah, right. Because that's my youth. Because Oakland wasn't the place you wanted to go to. Percy Harvin feels like one that would be that would end his career on the Raiders.

Definitely isn't. Wait. Yeah. Well, Rainy Moss is an obvious one. Yeah, but that's too much. Do we really, are we really going to try this hard today? No. No, we're not.

I can't think of any other ones other than Rainy Moss, 54%. I would assume he's going to do that one. He's going to be the most obvious. Stefan Gilmore for Cowboys' Fikes. Did he play for the Vikings? Pretty sure he did. You can try that, but I'm not sure. I know he played for the Cowboys, but he didn't play for the Steelers.

I don't know. No, I definitely. You can try Vikings, Cowboys for stuff on you. I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure he was just on the fucking Vikings. Yeah, 6%. Okay.

I know my fucking, I know my former Pats players. Man, oh man. This is, this is just egregious. What are we doing? Yeah. Why don't I set this out?

I was wondering why. I didn't think we were actually going to do this. man, we're out here. But we're already here. We have three guesses left, and we have three choices to make. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Man. Why is Jalen Ramsey feel like that he plays for the Cowboys? No, he played for the Cowboys. He does. He is a Cowboys type of player, but no, he doesn't. Yeah. He plays the Cowboys. Cowboys.

Patrick Pee. Patrick Pee. Peterson didn't play for the Broncos. No, and he didn't play for the Cowboys either. It's one of those that feels like they'd be like some square offensive linemen, too. That's going to... No.

No. No. Hmm. Because like, I can't think of really any, any wide receivers. No. Like, they didn't really, none of these teams really traded running backs. What about Broncos Viking? Someone's got to be here.

Someone's got to be here. Someone has to be here. Who was it? No. Who was it? Because I'm trying to think of 2015 and see if any of the players on those rosters played, because they played against each other. like no names are going to like crossing each other.

Yeah. Hmm. Hmm. You know what? It's taking so long. Let's, uh, let's throw some loafy on. There's some loafy music. That might be a little loud.

There we go. Try not to fall asleep in the car. Uh, let's see. I'll be struggling in this much. It's late. That's why. It is late. Um.

All right. All right. Let's get the creative juices flowing here. Let's get the creative juices flowing. There's no. No. What is out with the Cowboys? Hmm.

Who left their roster to go to other team? No, not Javonne curse. That's a good question. Yeah. Who want these? Oh, my God. Oh, wait a minute. Fucking, uh,

Case Keenum. That's one. 43%, dude. How did it take us that long to get Case Keenum? Because I'm trying, because we're looking, we're not looking for, like, obvious. We're looking for, like, the niche.

What if we, I think Case Keenum, I feel like it's niche enough. It's not, because then again, like, yeah, then again,

there's not really a ton of, guys they even really played on both sides you know like all right uh oh this is this starting to get heinous yeah i'm about to say because the cowboys and steelers played twice in the super bowl and i'm trying to like go through it's not working yeah it's too too similar too similar that's all it is I'm like, this is ridiculous. Yeah, no, it is. But we're not giving up. George Pickens for Steelers' Steelers.

Yes. That's the most obvious. That would be the obvious if we want. Screw it. Just to get it out. Just get it out. 70%. Yeah.

That's our worst one. Yeah, that's probably the worst I've ever seen in my life. Now, Broncos Steelers. Yeah. Um, hmm. Oh, I don't know how we're forgetting about Russell Wilson for this. Oh, yeah. Because he was so ass on the Broncos.

Yeah, true. I'm both. But yeah. Russell Wilson. Actually, Daniel Sanders played for the Steelers. Yes, he played for, yep. Nice. 40%.

This is abysmal. This is, this is abysmal. We did good to start, but just, yeah, once we got into like the ones that were like, yes, less, the least amount of players, that's when it started getting really difficult for us. Yeah. That's not at all this, obviously. Who would have been some other? We got to do better. We got to do better.

Dante Cole Pepper and Rich Gannon. We could have gone there. Oh, Latavius Murray, Alexander Madison. Cordarral Patterson Yes We are We drew blanks That's that

That's terrible That's terrible Especially Carol Patterson Oh my God He could have been Raiders Fucking Steelers Yeah

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