Aaron Rodgers has the Pittsburgh Steelers waiting again, but this offseason feels different from the last. In 2025, the Steelers went through free agency and the draft before finally getting a decision from Rodgers just before the start of the summer.<\/p>\n
Now, the quarterback has a season of\u00a0 Pittsburgh living under his belt. Although the coach he originally came to play for is gone, he\u2019s familiar with Mike McCarthy, who has spoken plenty of times about his interest<\/a> in bringing Rodgers back. To former Steelers tight end Eric Ebron, Rodgers is more likely to return than anything else.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that he\u2019s gonna come back. Think about it. His coach, they\u2019re adding weapons. They\u2019re trying to do things around that organization for him,\u201d Ebron said on his On My Soul podcast<\/a>. \u201cI do think he comes back, brother. Who else? You gonna draft a quarterback and start him in Pittsburgh right now? It\u2019s not happening.\u201d<\/p>\n Ebron\u2019s co-host, Jaylen Samuels, who played with Ebron as a Steeler during the 2020 season, agreed that Aaron Rodgers will return.<\/p>\n \u201cI agree. He probably just thinking about it, taking a little bit more time. But he, for sure, probably, re-sign with the Steelers, try to at least give it one more run. I\u2019d say. Especially with a new, fresh start, a new coach,\u201d Samuels said.<\/p>\n Ebron mentions the Steelers making some moves that might help bring Rodgers back. While that might not have been the Steelers\u2019 actual intentions, some of their acquisitions do make sense in that regard. They got a WR2 in Michael Pittman Jr., one who has plenty of NFL experience and understands how to get open quickly. Given Rodgers\u2019 preference for veteran receivers at the end of last season, plus his desire to get rid of the ball quickly, Pittman certainly feels like a good fit.<\/p>\n The ball has been in Rodgers\u2019 court all offseason, as the Steelers don\u2019t have many options outside of him. They declined to pursue any candidates at the start of the league year, with Kyler Murray, Malik Willis and Tua Tagovailoa all finding new homes. The Steelers could take Ty Simpson in the draft<\/a>, but there\u2019s plenty of risk involved. And the same could be said about Will Howard, who some believe is the backup plan if Rodgers doesn\u2019t return.<\/p>\n It still feels more likely that Rodgers will be back in Pittsburgh, though. Ebron and Samuels agree with that. As for when that answer will come? Knowing Aaron Rodgers, it could take a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers has the Pittsburgh Steelers waiting again, but this offseason feels different from the last. In 2025,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[1586,42963,7,22686,6,115621,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-840674","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-eric-ebron","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jaylen-samuels","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-on-my-soul","14":"tag-pittsburgh","15":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","16":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","17":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116311940566496663","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840674","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=840674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}