{"id":114827,"date":"2025-06-09T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T00:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/114827\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T00:04:13","slug":"how-patriots-are-impacted-by-aaron-rodgers-signing-with-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/114827\/","title":{"rendered":"How Patriots are impacted by Aaron Rodgers signing with Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a messy breakup with the New York Jets<\/a> and months of speculation about his future, Aaron Rodgers has found a new team.<\/p>\n

The enigmatic yet undoubtably talented quarterback has reached an agreement on a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>. The team announced<\/a> the move on Thursday, noting that Rodgers will need to pass a physical before an official signing.<\/p>\n

Joining the Steelers means that Rodgers will be back on the New England Patriots<\/a>\u2019 schedule this fall. The Patriots, who faced him twice last season when he was with the Jets, are slated to host the 41-year-old and his new team at Gillette Stadium in Week 3 for a 1 p.m. ET kickoff.<\/p>\n

New England lost the first meeting in 2024 24-3 in Week 3, but later evened the score with a 25-22 victory in Week 8. Rodgers completed a combined 44 of 63 pass attempts (69.8%) for 514 yards with 4 touchdowns and no interceptions.<\/p>\n

While he did find individual success against the Patriots, his two-year stint in New York as a whole was a disappointment.<\/p>\n

He missed all but four snaps in his first season with the club due to a torn Achilles tendon before going 368-of-584 (63%) for 3,897 yards with 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 2024. With the Jets going only 5-12 and firing their head coach and general manager along the way, the veteran QB was eventually released as well.<\/p>\n

Rodgers had originally joined the team via trade from Green Bay during the 2023 offseason, arriving after a prolific 18-year stint with the Packers<\/a>. During his time in the NFC North, he had laid the foundation for what will be a first-ballot Hall of Fame career when all is said and done.<\/p>\n

Rodgers was voted NFL MVP and first-team All-Pro on four occasions each and helped the Packers win a Super Bowl to cap the 2010 season. He additionally is the owner of several team and league passing records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a messy breakup with the New York Jets and months of speculation about his future, Aaron Rodgers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[1635,3367,1227,93,7,29,1123,28571,1167,249,15630,2326,2094,6,208,724,725,1636,2984,426,717],"class_list":{"0":"post-114827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-aaron","9":"tag-are","10":"tag-around-the-nfl","11":"tag-by","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-front-page","14":"tag-how","15":"tag-impacted","16":"tag-new-england","17":"tag-new-england-patriots","18":"tag-new-england-patriots-schedule","19":"tag-newengland","20":"tag-newenglandpatriots","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-patriots","23":"tag-pats","24":"tag-pulpit","25":"tag-rodgers","26":"tag-signing","27":"tag-steelers","28":"tag-with"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114650485026791325","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114827","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=114827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}