Feb. 11, 2026, 5:12 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> legend turned Fox Sports analyst Terry Bradshaw dropped some major news regarding Aaron Rodgers\u2019 future<\/a> with the Steel City brand of football.<\/p>\n According to Bradshaw, Rodgers told new Steelers<\/a> head coach Mike McCarthy<\/a> he would return to Pittsburgh for another season if he wanted him to.<\/p>\n \u201cI have heard, right when the [Mike] McCarthy thing was announced, or before it was announced, I\u2019d already heard that Aaron Rodgers had told Mike, \u2018If you want me to come back for a year, I\u2019ll come back and join you,\u2019\u201d Bradshaw said via 103.5 The Buzz.<\/a> \u201cI think now, you know what, let\u2019s bring Aaron back. I mean, he knows the offense. They\u2019ll bring in some players. So now I\u2019m going, \u2018Okay,\u2019 because I love Mike McCarthy.\u201d<\/p>\n Bradshaw continued on, praising the move to hire McCarthy and claimed he \u201cshouldn\u2019t have gotten fired in Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n While it\u2019s clear what side of the fence Bradshaw is leaning on, some fans have been critical of a potential reunion between McCarthy and Rodgers, specifically the decision to lean on aging veterans over younger talent at both head coach and quarterback.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 11, 2026, 5:12 a.m. ET Pittsburgh Steelers legend turned Fox Sports analyst Terry Bradshaw dropped some major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[95878,7,6,520,57,2360,96718,96719,426,96675,95882,96255,95888,95895,95899,96720,96071,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-744610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","15":"tag-sstsnsteelers","16":"tag-steelers","17":"tag-tagaaron-rodgers","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagfox-sports","20":"tag-tagnfl","21":"tag-tagnfl-hub","22":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","23":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","24":"tag-tagsmg-timely","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116051761092367841","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744610","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=744610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}