{"id":108148,"date":"2025-06-06T08:46:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/108148\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T08:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:46:21","slug":"steelers-super-bowl-odds-after-aaron-rodgers-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/108148\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers&#8217; Super Bowl odds after Aaron Rodgers signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/83345342007-usatsi-25123993.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/icon-play-alt-white.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former NFL QB Alex Smith weighs in on the Aaron Rodgers situation<\/p>\n<p>Alex Smith explains why Aaron Rodgers should return for at least one more year.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Seriously<\/p>\n<p>After a months-long wait, we finally have clarity on the future of four-time MVP quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/aaron-rodgers\/213957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old passer told the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> on June 5 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2025\/06\/05\/aaron-rodgers-pittsburgh-steelers-contract\/81796322007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">he will be signing with the team<\/a> ahead of mandatory minicamp.<\/p>\n<p>This has seemed all but certain for months after Rodgers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">New York Jets<\/a> parted ways after a two-year stint together. Rodgers missed all but four snaps of the 2023 NFL season with a ruptured Achilles and returned in 2024 to lead a 5-12 campaign that saw head coach Robert Saleh fired mid-season.<\/p>\n<p>The new regime in New York, with head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey, opted against retaining the 10-time Pro Bowler. The franchise designated him as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2025\/05\/30\/nfl-post-june-1-cut-explanation-candidates\/83952027007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a post-June 1 cut<\/a> to ease the cap penalties for terminating his contract early.<\/p>\n<p>Now that that deadline has passed, Rodgers can make his move official.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" data-autotag=\"c4d4185f-a327-423a-aa54-67a40f9dee05\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Steelers<\/a> went 10-7 last year with a combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/russell-wilson\/401534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Russell Wilson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/justin-fields\/1110681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Justin Fields<\/a>\u00a0at quarterback and one of the better defenses in the league. Pittsburgh had a winning season for the fifth year in a row but lost in the wild-card round of the playoffs to AFC North foe Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>This move bolsters the depth chart at the most important position on the roster. Rodgers will likely be the starter over <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/mason-rudolph\/823220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mason Rudolph<\/a>, rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/will-howard\/1213782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Will Howard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/players\/skylar-thompson\/913829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Skylar Thompson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But how much did this move improve the Steelers&#8217; title chances? Here&#8217;s what the sportsbooks think:<\/p>\n<p>Steelers&#8217; Super Bowl odds after Rodgers signing<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers making this move official didn&#8217;t have an impact on the Steelers&#8217; title odds, likely because it&#8217;s been a foregone conclusion for months.<\/p>\n<p>DraftKings publicly noted that their odds didn&#8217;t move once news of Rodgers&#8217; signing came down.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Steelers&#8217; Super Bowl odds BEFORE signing Aaron Rodgers: +4000<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers Super Bowl odds AFTER signing Aaron Rodgers: +4000 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JAVhV8nEEh\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JAVhV8nEEh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DraftKings Sportsbook (@DKSportsbook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DKSportsbook\/status\/1930707688284897673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a similar story with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/online-betting\/sports\/betmgm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BetMGM<\/a>&#8216;s latest NFL odds. The Steelers remain +4500 to win the Super Bowl, which is 17th league-wide ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> (+5000) and behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Denver Broncos<\/a> (+4000).<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL QB Alex Smith weighs in on the Aaron Rodgers situation Alex Smith explains why Aaron Rodgers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1635,1586,247,265,357,375,390,228,1107,1327,227,256,2296,1109,864,3203,7,1134,226,3198,677,679,248,267,246,206,255,88,6,907,245,264,3197,520,57,5358,6043,1636,2942,572,7218,9,5433,1115,266,426,678,3199,1108,1434,225],"class_list":{"0":"post-108148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-aaron","9":"tag-aaron-rodgers","10":"tag-american","11":"tag-american-football","12":"tag-and","13":"tag-arizona","14":"tag-arizona-cardinals","15":"tag-bengals","16":"tag-betting","17":"tag-cardinals","18":"tag-cincinnati","19":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","20":"tag-cincinnatibengals","21":"tag-disclaimer","22":"tag-exclude","23":"tag-exclude-from-paywall-logic-testing","24":"tag-football","25":"tag-from","26":"tag-jets","27":"tag-logic","28":"tag-modular","29":"tag-modular-story","30":"tag-national","31":"tag-national-sports","32":"tag-neutral","33":"tag-new","34":"tag-new-york-jets","35":"tag-news","36":"tag-nfl","37":"tag-now","38":"tag-overall","39":"tag-overall-neutral","40":"tag-paywall","41":"tag-pittsburgh","42":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","43":"tag-robert","44":"tag-robert-saleh","45":"tag-rodgers","46":"tag-russell","47":"tag-russell-wilson","48":"tag-saleh","49":"tag-sports","50":"tag-sports-betting","51":"tag-sports-betting-widget-and-disclaimer","52":"tag-sports-news","53":"tag-steelers","54":"tag-story","55":"tag-testing","56":"tag-widget","57":"tag-wilson","58":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}