Aaron Rodgers is eventually in Steel City.
The four -hour most valuable NFL player informed Pittsburgh Steelers, which he will fly on Friday to sign a one -year contract before Minicamp begins next week, according to NFL Network Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo on Thursday.
Rodgers are expected to be on the field when Minicamp begins next Tuesday, Pelissero added. Minicamp Pittsburgh runs from Tuesday to Thursday.
In times when many free agents in large names choose a new team a day or two before the free agency even starts publicly, Rodgers, always waited for his own person, until well after the NFL draft 2025 to digest and sort out their next trip. Pittsburgh coincidentally did little in the draft to make the marriage less likely and waited for Day 3 to select a team manager (Will Howard; No. 185 overall).
It had Steelers staring at the QB room consisting of Howard, Mason Rudolph and Skylar Thompson, with one of the most obvious NFL needs for discrimination.
Especially following the signing of Russell Wilson of New York Giants another Suitor Rodgers and several teams that found QB through the draft, became Pittsburgh, who was 41 years old, which was a forthcoming conclusion for both parties and excluded Rodgers’ retirement.
Rodgers is coming in a period that died his reputation as a team leader, where he had difficulty making the difference so many people expected New York Jets in a 5-12 campaign containing his head coach Robert Saleh and CEO Joe Douglas who was fired in the middle.
But Pittsburgh is nevertheless pleased to land the future Pro Football Hall of Famer with 62,952 teams meters and 503 matches under belt. Adding another level of trouble with the signing is that Steelers play on the Jets to open the usual season of September 7 and also host Green Bay Packers on October 26 Sunday night football.
Rodgers sensed a downturn in the period 2024 is at least partly due to how productive he has been in stacking statistics throughout his 20 -year NFL career.
He was not as deadly accurate for New York as he has been, nor was he as five to come from grated Achilles, but he still finished 63% of his consignments in 3,897 meters, 28 contact and 11 interceptions in 2024.