Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy offered no definitive answer Monday on whether Aaron Rodgers will return to Pittsburgh, but he made clear the possibility of a reunion would make for a compelling next chapter.Speaking on stage with broadcaster Kevin Harlan during Bob Harlan\u2019s celebration of life at Lambeau Field, McCarthy said, \u201cYes. It\u2019d be a great story. I don\u2019t know. And I would love to tell everybody there\u2019s some breaking news,\u201d as speculation continues around Rodgers\u2019 future with the Steelers. Rodgers signed a one-year deal with Pittsburgh in June 2025, and McCarthy was hired as the Steelers\u2019 head coach in January 2026. Rodgers, now 42, helped lead Pittsburgh to the AFC North title and a playoff berth last season. He threw for 3,322 yards with 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 16 regular-season games, then struggled in a 30-6 wild-card loss to Houston, completing 17 of 33 passes for 146 yards with an interception as the Steelers\u2019 season ended. McCarthy added, \u201cbut, you know, you know, it\u2019s it\u2019s it\u2019s really cool to see Aaron at 42. You see, a young man at 22 and all that he\u2019s been able to accomplish and you know, where he\u2019s at in his personal life and, and trying to make this decision.\u201d The two spent 13 seasons together in Green Bay, where McCarthy went 125-77-2 in the regular season and 10-8 in the playoffs, winning Super Bowl XLV. Rodgers became one of the league\u2019s top quarterbacks in that span, throwing for more than 42,000 yards and 338 touchdowns for the Packers and McCarthy from 2008-18 while earning two MVP trophies during that span. McCarthy closed by saying, \u201cSo, he\u2019s in a really good place. But… I think he\u2019s in a really good place.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Former Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy offered no definitive answer Monday on whether Aaron Rodgers will return to Pittsburgh, but he made clear the possibility of a reunion would make for a compelling next chapter.<\/p>\n
Speaking on stage with broadcaster Kevin Harlan during Bob Harlan\u2019s celebration of life at Lambeau Field, McCarthy said, \u201cYes. It\u2019d be a great story. I don\u2019t know. And I would love to tell everybody there\u2019s some breaking news,\u201d as speculation continues around Rodgers\u2019 future with the Steelers. Rodgers signed a one-year deal with Pittsburgh in June 2025, and McCarthy was hired as the Steelers\u2019 head coach in January 2026. <\/p>\n
Rodgers, now 42, helped lead Pittsburgh to the AFC North title and a playoff berth last season. He threw for 3,322 yards with 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 16 regular-season games, then struggled in a 30-6 wild-card loss to Houston, completing 17 of 33 passes for 146 yards with an interception as the Steelers\u2019 season ended. <\/p>\n
McCarthy added, \u201cbut, you know, you know, it\u2019s it\u2019s it\u2019s really cool to see Aaron at 42. You see, a young man at 22 and all that he\u2019s been able to accomplish and you know, where he\u2019s at in his personal life and, and trying to make this decision.\u201d <\/p>\n
The two spent 13 seasons together in Green Bay, where McCarthy went 125-77-2 in the regular season and 10-8 in the playoffs, winning Super Bowl XLV. Rodgers became one of the league\u2019s top quarterbacks in that span, throwing for more than 42,000 yards and 338 touchdowns for the Packers and McCarthy from 2008-18 while earning two MVP trophies during that span. <\/p>\n
McCarthy closed by saying, \u201cSo, he\u2019s in a really good place. But… I think he\u2019s in a really good place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIELD. DARIO MELENDEZ WISN 12 SPORTS. >> THANKS DARIO UP IN GREEN BAY FANS GATHERING FOR A CELEBRATION…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2072],"tags":[1586,24504,92047,7,41,345,2514,2513,5820,6680,4852,11367,7866,14752,1592,6,27132,428,520,1636,189,20569,426,114684,505,1287,1285],"class_list":{"0":"post-830839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-bob-harlan","10":"tag-celebration-of-life","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-green-bay","13":"tag-green-bay-packers","14":"tag-greenbay","15":"tag-greenbaypackers","16":"tag-interception","17":"tag-lambeau","18":"tag-life","19":"tag-mccarthy","20":"tag-mike-mccarthy","21":"tag-mvp","22":"tag-nfc-north","23":"tag-nfl","24":"tag-one-year-deal","25":"tag-packers","26":"tag-pittsburgh","27":"tag-rodgers","28":"tag-season","29":"tag-span","30":"tag-steelers","31":"tag-steelers-future","32":"tag-super-bowl","33":"tag-touchdown","34":"tag-yard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116283518854909755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830839","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=830839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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