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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T14:43:10.000Z",
  "site": "https://defector.com",
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  "textContent": "The Pittsburgh Steelers, eager to cast off whatever traces of cultural relevance they once had, announced on Wednesday that they were willing to wait for quarterback Aaron Rodgers to help ease them into a quiet, lonely death.\n\n“I’m optimistic we can get a deal wrapped sometime within the next three to 100 days,” said GM Omar Khan. Khan told reporters that he recognizes that the team’s fans have been waiting a long time to become just as disaffected with the Steelers as they have been with the Pittsburgh Pirates. “But trust me, we’re working on it,” he said, offering the cameras a sly wink. “Just give us a little longer.”\n\nTeam owner and president Art Rooney II seconded Khan’s assurances. “It has long been the dream of both myself and the Rooney family to watch our beloved Steelers flop around like a fish for months on end, until they run out of oxygen and at last fall, deathly silent, into the afterlife, unnoticed and unloved.” Rooney told the press he was “disappointed” by the team’s 2025 campaign, which included a number of “overly ambitious throws downfield” and “a division title that none of us actually wanted to win.”",
  "title": "Steelers, Longing For A Quiet Death, Willing To Wait For Aaron Rodgers"
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