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Rodgers will enter his 22nd NFL season and his second with the Steelers. After a generally successful year under head coach\u00a0Mike Tomlin<\/a>, he will now officially reunite with\u00a0Mike McCarthy. The four-time NFL MVP will return to the Steel City to seek another Super Bowl championship.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in a game against the Houston Texans on Jan. 12, 2026. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n Never a doubt?<\/p>\n The Steelers have made it clear they welcomed Rodgers\u2019 return. Reports linked the two sides throughout the offseason, and McCarthy publicly expressed his eagerness to bring the veteran quarterback back to Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n \u201cDefinitely. I don\u2019t see why you wouldn\u2019t,\u201d McCarthy said at his introductory press conference<\/a> when asked about wanting Rodgers on his team. \u201cI have spoken to Aaron, so that\u2019s really where we are there.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Since then, McCarthy has remained in consistent contact<\/a> with the four-time NFL MVP. Rodgers also appeared on\u00a0The Pat McAfee<\/a> Show, where he indicated that nothing was imminent one way or another. That changed this week as he agreed to return.<\/p>\n The Steelers remained in limbo but stayed patient with Rodgers once again. Nearing the end of his Hall of Fame career, he needed time to decide what to do in 2026 and beyond. He could have retired or sought a new team to continue his playing career. The Steelers even prepared incase he decided to sign with another team by placing the a rare right of first refusal tender on him.<\/p>\n Instead, Rodgers returns to the Steelers for what could be one final run at a Super Bowl. The last time Rodgers\u2014or McCarthy\u2014hoisted the Lombardi Trophy came during the 2010 season, when their\u00a0Green Bay Packers<\/a>\u00a0defeated Pittsburgh in\u00a0Super Bowl XLV.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The pair now reunite with a chance to capture a second Super Bowl ring together\u2014this time in McCarthy\u2019s hometown. It could become a storybook ending to Rodgers\u2019 Hall of Fame career.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Steelers Now<\/a>: BREAKING: Aaron Rodgers Returning to Steelers for 2026 Season<\/a><\/p>\n Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After speculation and wondering what he will decided for his career, quarterback Aaron Rodgers will return to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2056],"tags":[1586,117,9676,7,345,221,253,2368,7866,6,57,222],"class_list":["post-893425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-texans","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-ed-thompson","tag-football","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-houston","tag-houston-texans","tag-houstontexans","tag-mike-mccarthy","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-texans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116588206359452637","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893425","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=893425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pittsburgh](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8eaa81b1fba0a75f8287bddbecdf6f18.jpeg\"\/)
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers during a game against the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> on Jan. 4, 2026,. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n