{"id":68835,"date":"2025-05-22T00:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/68835\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T00:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:09:08","slug":"aaron-rodgers-hints-at-reason-for-nfl-decision-delay-in-new-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/68835\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers Hints At Reason For NFL Decision Delay In New Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second time this offseason, Aaron Rodgers is speaking. This time, he\u2019s saying far less about football than he did on The Pat McAfee Show in mid-April. Rodgers joined Joe Rogan and his Joe Rogan Experience podcast<\/a> for an episode that aired Wednesday. Their three-hour discussion didn\u2019t bring up the Pittsburgh Steelers or Rodgers\u2019 NFL future. But it offered a small hint into one of the personal issues that could be delaying Rodgers from deciding on his 2025 plans.<\/p>\n

At the two-hour and 47-minute mark in the interview in a discussion with Rogan about medicine, Rodgers shared he\u2019s had close friends battle serious illness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve figured it out during the last year when I\u2019ve been in the weeds with these people who are close to me that have cancer,\u201d Rodgers began telling Rogan at Rogan\u2019s recording studio in Texas.<\/p>\n

The conversation moved on from there with Rodgers critical of those who reject non-conventional methods of treatment, claiming he knows people who have been \u201craided\u201d and faced \u201clawsuits\u201d over it.<\/p>\n

Rogan didn\u2019t follow up over if those are some of the reasons why Rodgers has yet to make a decision on his NFL future. In Rodgers\u2019 interview with McAfee, he said a key reason for his delay was for personal reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in a serious relationship,\u201d Rodgers told McAfee on April 17.<\/a> \u201cI have off the field stuff going on that requires my attention. I have personal commitments I have made. I have a couple people in my inner, inner circle who are really battling some difficult stuff. So I have a lot of things that are taking my attention and have beginning in January away from football. That\u2019s where I\u2019ve been focusing most of my attention on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speculation swirled at the Kentucky Derby when Aaron Rodgers was spotted wearing a ring, suggesting he has gotten engaged or married. His comments on McAfee\u2019s show are consistent with what he told Rogan. And while there could be multiple personal reasons for his delay, along with Rodgers being a free agent who has no current obligations to any team, it appears friends who are fighting cancer is one explanation for the personal issues Rodgers is processing.<\/p>\n

Recent reports from local and national reporters indicate the Steelers remain in contact with Rodgers and believe he will sign with Pittsburgh. However, there\u2019s been no clarity on what that news could come. Some inside Pittsburgh\u2019s building reportedly don\u2019t believe it matters<\/a> when Rodgers signs.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh begins its OTA sessions May 27. Voluntary anyway and with Rodgers not under contract, he has no obligation to attend. The Steelers\u2019 mandatory mini-camp runs from June 10-12. There has been an increasing belief a decision will come soon and Pittsburgh likely wants to know Rodgers\u2019 future before spring workouts are over. Perhaps Rodgers will announce something shortly.<\/p>\n

But based on the interview, he offered no hints for a timetable and only a brief window into what he\u2019s been dealing with that\u2019s caused a two-month (and counting) wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second time this offseason, Aaron Rodgers is speaking. This time, he\u2019s saying far less about football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1586,7,20936,6,955,57,691,1481],"class_list":{"0":"post-68835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-joe-rogan","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-pat-mcafee","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-trending","15":"tag-weekly"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114548582892548449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68835","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=68835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}