{"id":893501,"date":"2026-05-17T07:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/893501\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T07:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:15:12","slug":"aaron-rodgers-now-on-indianapolis-colts-2026-nfl-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/893501\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers now on Indianapolis Colts&#8217; 2026 NFL schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 16, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The<a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\"> Indianapolis Colts<\/a> will once again face quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the <a href=\"http:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/05\/14\/indianapolis-colts-complete-2026-nfl-schedule-dates-times-opponents\/90076167007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers have reportedly agreed to a one-year deal for the 2026 season. Rodgers will reunite with his former head coach Mike McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This news didn&#8217;t come as a surprise, but it is now official. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" data-autotag=\"d3fda36a-3eb5-4700-8763-caba831c06ae\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a> will face Rodgers and the Steelers in Pittsburgh in Week 5, following Indianapolis&#8217; trip to London in Week 4, where they play the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This will be Rodgers&#8217; second season with the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When the Colts and Steelers met last season, Pittsburgh would come away with the win at home by a score of 27-20. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fgame%2F_%2FgameId%2F401772766%2Fcolts-steelers&amp;xcust=SC1-SCLT&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fcoltswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fcolts%2F2026%2F05%2F16%2Faaron-rodgers-now-indianapolis-colts-2026-nfl-schedule%2F90124859007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\"\u2691f:b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rodgers was<\/a> 25-of-35 passing for 203 yards with one touchdown. It was in this game that the Colts&#8217; offense turned the ball over six times, five of which belong to Daniel Jones &#8212; three interceptions and two lost fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Overall, during the 2025 season, Rodgers completed 65% of his passes for 3,468 yards with 24 touchdowns to eight interceptions. The Pittsburgh offense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrankings.com\/nfl\/stat\/points-per-game\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ranked<\/a> 17th in points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Steelers finished the season 10-7 and were the winners of the AFC North. They would lose in the AFC wildcard round to the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The matchup this year against Rodgers will conclude what appears to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/05\/15\/2026-nfl-schedule-release-tough-start-season-colts\/90094003007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">very challenging start<\/a> to the 2026 season for the Colts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 16, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET The Indianapolis Colts will once again face quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,119269,49915,95900,96675,95882,95903,95896,95888,95895,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-893501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indianapolis-colts","tag-accessfree","tag-colts","tag-football","tag-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-indianapoliscolts","tag-nfl","tag-sourcecolts-wire","tag-sstssportsnflcolts","tag-sstsncolts","tag-tagaaron-rodgers","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagindianapolis-colts","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116588689752880520","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893501","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=893501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}