Welcome to The Terrible Take, a daily segment telling Steeler Nation what's on our minds.

I'm Melanie Friedlander.

Another day passed the 26th draft and questions still remain regarding the Steelers starting quarterback.

Last week, the Steelers placed the rarely used unrestricted free agent tender on Aaron Rogers.

While there has been no reports on the reaction from the Rogers camp,

it's fair to assume that he wasn't thrilled. Rogers prefers to make his own decisions on his own

schedule, and this move by the Steelers places a few limits on that. For the Steelers, it likely

has more to do on getting compensation if Rogers signs with another team, but it could be a subtle

way of applying pressure on him to make a

decision sooner rather than later. Last year, Roger skipped all of the team's organized team

activities, signing just prior to the three-day mandatory minicamp in June. This year, the Steelers

have altered the schedule under new head coach Mike McCarthy. The three-day mini-camp splits the OTAs with six days

in May and the final four days in June. For Rogers, that means that signing with the Steelers prior

to the mandatory mini-camp will force him to attend the final four days of OTAs, or be the subject

of endless reports discussing why he skipped them. Most of the Steelers' leadership, including McCarthy,

owner Art Rooney 2, and even recently retired head coach Mike Tomlin, all seem confident that Rogers

will be back in Pittsburgh for the 26th season. It's similar to last year when the presumption

was that there was a verbal agreement behind the scenes long before the contract was signed.

For a quarterback who is masterful

in reading the opposing defense and making changes to the play calls at the line of scrimmage,

Rogers would be smart to join the team for all of the OTAs this year. With a new offensive

coaching staff and a few new wide receivers and offensive linemen, more time spent working on

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