Aaron Rodgers will earn some cash if he helps the Pittsburgh Steelers break their playoff losing streak. He’s already golfing in the area.

The Pirates — for the moment — have the No. 1 at something. And was a Pitt legend snubbed?

All that and more in Tuesday’s “On Sports.”

Cash for wins

How much is breaking the six-game postseason losing streak worth to the Steelers? About $600,000.

That’s a simplification, of course, but that’s the amount the Steelers will pay new quarterback Aaron Rodgers if the Steelers win a wild-card round playoff game (or somehow get the AFC’s No. 1 seed and earn a bye out of that round).

This is according to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, who broke the full details of the one-year contract Rodgers signed over the weekend. The previously reported terms included a $13.65 million base salary that could end up at $19.5 million if all incentives are met. The incentives call for Rodgers playing at least 70% of the Steelers’ offensive snaps during the regular season, and for postseason wins he must play at least half of that particular game’s snaps.

Rodgers will earn $500,000 if the Steelers make the playoffs, the $600,000 for advancing past the first round, $750,000 for a divisional round victory, $1 million for a win in the AFC championship game. And $1.5 million for winning the Super Bowl.

Just as unlikely, but also coming with a $1.5 million bonus, is if Rodgers wins the AP NFL MVP award.

On the course

It took Rodgers quite some time to commit to the Steelers, but since he inked the contract he’s been quickly ingratiating himself.

While for weeks it had been speculated that Rodgers would be making an appearance at Oakmont County Club this week for the U.S. Open, instead his first known public golf outing was at Sewickley Heights Golf Club on Monday.

Rodgers joined several teammates at longtime Steelers defensive captain Cameron Heyward’s “Irons For Impact” golf outing benefiting the Heyward House foundation.

On Monday, @CamHeyward held the third annual Irons for Impact golf outing, benefiting his foundation @97HeywardHouse. pic.twitter.com/HMojrHi0OF

— Steelers Community Relations (@SteelersCR) June 9, 2025

Rodgers was photographed by the Steelers’ social media team in a golf cart with his arm around the team’s second-highest profile offseason acquisition, receiver DK Metcalf.

Some have noted that Metcalf didn’t have clubs with him. Perhaps he’s not a golfer but indeed wanted to spend time bonding with his new QB?

New No. 1?

It wouldn’t be official for another 44 days, in theory. And by that point, it might be moot because he’d be in the majors too. But, in theory, the Pirates at the moment have the No. 1 prospect in all of baseball.

Pitcher Bubba Chandler sits at No. 2 on the MLB Pipeline list of top 100 prospects in the game. He sits behind only Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony — but Anthony was called up and made his MLB debut Monday. He went 0 for 4 with a walk and an RBI in a 10-8 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park.

Roman Anthony got a standing ovation at Fenway ????

The first AB of his major league career ends in a flyout ????pic.twitter.com/vrm6Q0vRGR

— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) June 9, 2025

Players fall off the top prospects list after 45 days in the major leagues. So, Chandler will have to wait that long to see his name at the top. By then, though — late July — it’s likely he’s in the majors too.

Chandler, 22, has a 2.49 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 70 strikeouts in 50⅔ innings for Triple-A Indianapolis this season.

Bubba Chandler International League Rankings:

⏩3rd in strikeouts (70)⏩3rd in BAA (.192)⏩6th in ERA (2.49) pic.twitter.com/NDO2TwbVNV

— Young Bucs (@YoungBucsPIT) June 9, 2025

At the time a Clemson QB recruit, Chandler signed with the Pirates on a $3 million bonus during the 2021 draft.

Not dynamic enough

Does a 22-touchdown season, 2,677 yards in 26 career games, an 18.2 yards-per-catch average as a sophomore and becoming the first sophomore to finish as Heisman Trophy runner-up qualify as “dynamic?”

Apparently, not enough so to CBS Sports. The outlet, via author Brad Crawford, compiled a list of the 25 most dynamic college football players of the past 25 years. Part of the recurring national theme of “lists” documenting the first quarter of this current century, the term “dynamic” is of course nebulous and up for interpretation.

For what it’s worth, Crawford defined it as players who “jumped off of the screen in the biggest moments of the biggest games. Some of these athletes dominated the opposition with elite athleticism, while others utilized world-class talent or speed on their way to piling up touchdowns.”

Anyway, Larry Fitzgerald did not crack the top 25. The Pitt legend memorably finished second to Oklahoma’s Jason White in the 2003 Heisman balloting after posting the above stat line in what was one of the most standout receiving seasons in college football history.

USC’s Reggie Bush was No. 1 on the list, following by Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel and Louisville’s Lamar Jackson.

A pair of West Virginia players ranked in the top 12: receiver Tavon Austin was No. 10 and quarterback Pat White 12th. Penn State’s Saquon Barkley came in at No. 15.

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