{"id":72652,"date":"2025-05-23T10:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/72652\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:53:15","slug":"aaron-rodgers-reveals-heartbreaking-personal-issue-hes-battling-as-quarterback-considers-pittsburgh-steelers-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/72652\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers reveals heartbreaking personal issue he’s battling as quarterback considers Pittsburgh Steelers decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

AARON Rodgers still hasn’t signed with an NFL team, and he might have revealed the reason why.<\/p>\n

Rodgers<\/a> has been in talks with the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> for months, but a deal still hasn’t been signed.<\/p>\n

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Rodgers previously cited ‘personal issues’ holding him up from signing with the SteelersCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

In April, Rodgers revealed to Pat McAfee<\/a> that he needed to take care of some “personal issues” first before focusing on his decision.<\/p>\n

“I have a couple people in my inner, inner circle who are battling some difficult stuff,” Rodgers said. <\/p>\n

“So, I have a lot of things that are taking my attention and have since the beginning of January away from football. <\/p>\n

“That’s where I have been focusing most of my attention on.”<\/p>\n

Rodgers said he is still having conversations with the Steelers, and that they know where his focus is right now.<\/p>\n

“I’m open to anything and attached to nothing,” Rodgers told McAfee. <\/p>\n

“Retirement could still be a possibility, but right now my focus has been — and will continue to be — on my personal life. <\/p>\n

“And that’s what I’ve told the coaches. There’s still conversations that are being had. <\/p>\n

“It’s all been very honest lines of communication.”<\/p>\n

Rodgers didn’t give any further details on what the issues were, but he offered up some more clues in a recent podcast appearance.<\/p>\n

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On Joe Rogan<\/a>‘s podcast this week, Rodgers revealed several people he is close with have cancer.<\/p>\n

“I figured it out during the last year when I’ve been in the weeds with these people who are close to me that have cancer,” Rodgers said.<\/p>\n

If that is the case, it makes sense why Rodgers would want to put more focus on caring for his inner circle than making a football decision.<\/p>\n

As the NFL<\/a> season approaches, there is optimism that Rodgers will end up as a member of the Steelers.<\/p>\n

Ian O’Connor, the author of Rodgers’ recent biography, shared that he thinks the quarterback will be signed in time for mandatory minicamp on June 10.<\/p>\n

NFL important dates 2025 season<\/p>\n

March 12 – Free Agency begins<\/p>\n

April 24-26 – NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin<\/p>\n

September 4 – 2025 season opener (TBC vs Eagles)<\/p>\n

November 27 – Thanksgiving Day triple header<\/p>\n

January 4, 2026 – End of regular-season<\/p>\n

February 8, 2026 – Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California<\/p>\n

“I do think there will be a happy ending, at least for him, and we will find out for the Steelers and their fan base,” O’Connor said on\u00a0The PM Team with Poni & Mueller<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“If I had $100 to put down, my feeling is he will be in uniform June 10th for the start of the mandatory minicamp.”<\/p>\n

Rodgers could still sign with the Steelers even if he isn’t ready by the time minicamp starts.<\/p>\n

There are six weeks separating those team activities and actual training camp at the end of July.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what happens, NFL fans will get an answer about Rodgers’ status sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AARON Rodgers still hasn’t signed with an NFL team, and he might have revealed the reason why. Rodgers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[1586,7,6,520,57,2360,578,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-72652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-section-sportamerican-football","15":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114556777660970041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72652","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=72652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}