The Steelers Puzzling Decision To Bring Back Aaron Rodgers + Zaire Franklin Interview

Green Light with Chris Long

Chris Long

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Aaron Rogers gave us some NFL news to talk about - he is resigning with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Chris breaks down the decision to run another season of Rodgers and how it bodes for the future of the Steelers. Chris, Beau and Macon then run through each NFL teams schedule and assess their season outlook following the schedule release. Then the Green Bay Packers new offseason acquisition joins Chris to talk about his new team, the Packers defense, his time with the Indianapolis Colts and his resolved beef with Jason Kelce. Enjoy! (00:00:00) - Intro (00:07:55) - Aaron Rodgers Returns to the Pittsburgh Steelers (00:26:39) - NFL Schedule Review (01:14:00) - Zaire Franklin on the Green Bay Packers, Career with the Colts & Beef with Jason Kelce Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline presented by Zone Nicotine and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ With the return of the Layup Line, make sure to check out the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1olmCMKGMEyWwOKaT1Aah3?si=YP1-ffQ3T_yUDRnJRhDtOw Check out Green Light's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can catch all the latest GL action: Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	That's my soapbox for today is like, I know it's easy to say, well, like, you got to rip the Band-Aid off and tank for the Steelers. One, that's not what they do. I don't think Omar Khan's timeline lines up with that. And so I just look at the Steelers, and they're not an organization I expect to tank. You know, I just told him, I'm like, bro, like, in order for our defense to really go get one of the banners, me and you want him to be the best, too.
0:23.3	Yeah.
0:24.2	You know, that's what we've been working for you know he's a grind in too he's putting that work in and you're pushing each other be better so that's all you want we need to come out with the word that's kind of like prime time but very much not stand alone for the morning games. Stand alone. Prime time.
0:38.4	Hold on.
0:39.2	Something that, don't say stand alone.
0:40.7	Don't say stand alone.
0:41.6	Stand alone.
0:45.1	Hey, guys.
0:46.7	Hey, guys.
0:47.5	Hey, Chris.
0:48.3	Bo, good to see you.
0:49.8	Hello.
0:51.1	False start.
0:54.1	The first fucking play of the game.
0:56.0	Tan man.
0:57.2	How is everybody, huh?
0:58.8	We're good.
0:59.9	We're good.
1:01.2	Schedules out all the way.
1:04.4	So we can really beat this to a pulp.
1:08.2	And we'll talk about Aaron Rogers a little bit I think that's the most
1:12.2	of the football today and then we have a guess Zaire Franklin that I just recently booked
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