{"id":762033,"date":"2026-02-19T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762033\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:22:16","slug":"aaron-rodgers-unlikely-to-return-to-pittsburgh-steelers-per-nfl-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762033\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers unlikely to return to Pittsburgh Steelers, per NFL insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pittsburgh Steelers offseason revolves around what Aaron Rodgers decides to do. Should he decide to return for a 22nd NFL season, the Steelers have their quarterback. If he decides to retire or if he wants to play elsewhere, though, Pittsburgh will need to figure out who they will bring in at the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It has been reported that the Steelers would prefer to have Rodgers\u2019 decision ahead of the new league year, which officially begins on March 11th. And according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePoniExpress\/status\/2024246280172528108\" rel=\"nofollow\">NFL insider Aditi Kinkhabwala<\/a>, Rodgers is unlikely to return to Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cGreat NFL insider Aditi Kinkhabwala says on 93. 7 The Fan that people around Aaron Rodgers believe there\u2019s a \u2018minuscule chance\u2019 he\u2019s back with the Steelers in 2026,\u201d Andrew Fillipponi said on X. \u201cAnd that\u2019s Rodgers decision. Not the Steelers. Based on what they observed at the end of last season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The only other two quarterbacks on the Steelers\u2019 roster are Mason Rudolph and Will Howard. There have been several names connected to the Steelers in terms of potential trades or free agent signings, such as Kyler Murray, Malik Willis, and Anthony Richardson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rodgers threw 24 touchdowns and just seven interceptions in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers offseason revolves around what Aaron Rodgers decides to do. Should he decide to return for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,2374,2375,12052],"class_list":{"0":"post-762033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-roster","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-rumors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116096568187705121","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762033","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=762033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}