I think that Rodgers playing in that very physical smash mouth division will be interesting. He cannot get sacked as much as Wilson did and survive.
Good point. That is one brutal conference. And one of Rodgers strengths when he was younger was avoiding sacks, sometimes in a miraculous fashion, and then throwing crazy, impossible passes on the run, across his body to the other side of the field. He was a beast.
"Was" is the key word. I have no doubt he still has solid arm strength and accuracy. He doesn't have the escape ability anymore, and that contributed to his achilles injury. Putting all the other Rodgers' baggage aside for a minute, he is at a significant risk of an injury, especially in the conference as you note. Ravens and Bengals, and then Cleveland has human juggernaut Garrett. No easy outs in that division.
The Steelrs D is aging, but solid. The offense? Not as much. IMO they made a mistake trading Pickens, but it seems he was a cap casualty. Metcalf is a great WR, but he'll be double teamed on almost every passing down.