{"id":41928,"date":"2025-04-18T03:01:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41928"},"modified":"2025-04-18T03:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:01:53","slug":"breaking-aaron-rodgers-has-finally-given-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41928","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Aaron Rodgers has finally given an update&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"Article-headline\">Aaron Rodgers breaks silence: QB sounds off on ugly Jets exit, Steelers plans, willingness to play for $10M<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"Article-subline\">The quarterback addresses a slew of hot topics<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ArticleAuthorAndCounter\">\n<div class=\"ArticleAuthor\">\n<div class=\"ArticleAuthor-headshot\">\n<div class=\"Headshot Headshot--medium\">\n<div class=\"Article-featuredImage\">\n<figure class=\" img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg \" src=\"https:\/\/sportshub.cbsistatic.com\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/19\/675dc231-f630-44b4-8af2-213e20563a6d\/thumbnail\/770x433\/3258b9d1dcac6675996dab606d2d0ac0\/usatsi-aaron-rodgers-jets.jpg\" alt=\"usatsi-aaron-rodgers-jets.jpg\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/sportshub.cbsistatic.com\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/19\/675dc231-f630-44b4-8af2-213e20563a6d\/thumbnail\/770x433\/3258b9d1dcac6675996dab606d2d0ac0\/usatsi-aaron-rodgers-jets.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"MediaShortcode-credit\">Imagn Images<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-bodyContent\">\n<p>Aaron Rodgers\u00a0doesn&#8217;t have an\u00a0NFL team\u00a0for the 2025 season, and he may not have one for a while. The former MVP finally broke his silence on his current standing and future while joining the &#8220;Pat McAfee Show&#8221; on Thursday, however, clearing the air on months of reports and rumors regarding his plans.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a roundup of Rodgers&#8217; most notable comments:<\/p>\n<p><strong>On his current whereabouts:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m in Malibu. &#8230; I live kind of a quiet life. &#8230; It&#8217;s been an interesting break for me.&#8221; Rodgers added that he&#8217;s been &#8220;working out&#8221; while focusing plenty on his personal life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On his hesitance to make a decision on his\u00a0NFL\u00a0future:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m in a different phase of my life. I&#8217;m 41 years old. I&#8217;m in a serious relationship. &#8230; To make a commitment to a team is a big thing, whether you&#8217;re a first-year player or a 20-year vet. I had a lot of great conversations with a lot of teams. Not one of those was the\u00a0Jets, because that wasn&#8217;t a great conversation. &#8230; [But] I&#8217;m open to anything and attached to nothing. So yeah, retirement could still be a possibility. But right now my focus is on &#8230; my personal life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On his contract demands:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;I told every single one of the teams, it&#8217;s not about the money &#8230; I&#8217;ll play for [$10 million], I don&#8217;t care.&#8221; Rodgers reiterated later that he&#8217;s literally offered to play for $10 million in 2025, which would make him the lowest-paid starting quarterback in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0other than those on rookie contracts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-native-story-flex-top \" data-ad=\"native-story-flex-top\" data-ad-unit=\"native_story_flex_top\" data-google-query-id=\"CL3W1cTL4IwDFbPIFgUd4xUcqw\">\n<p><strong>On his exit from the Jets:\u00a0<\/strong>Rodgers didn&#8217;t mince his words when he discussed the end of an &#8220;interesting two years&#8221; in New York, describing a tenuous meeting with new Jets coach Aaron Glenn prior to free agency: &#8220;I figured that when I flew across the country on my own dime, that there was gonna be a conversation.&#8221; Rodgers alleged that &#8220;20 seconds&#8221; into a sit-down with both Glenn and new general manager Darren Mougey, Glenn questioned whether Rodgers still desired to play, then informed him the Jets were &#8220;going in a different direction.&#8221; Glenn also implied he&#8217;d be worried about Rodgers potentially undermining his leadership during team meetings, the quarterback said: &#8220;I [didn&#8217;t] want any part of that. It was already a debacle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On teams he&#8217;s met with during free agency:\u00a0<\/strong>Rodgers confirmed he had a &#8220;great conversation&#8221; with\u00a0New York Giants\u00a0coach Brian Daboll, a &#8220;beautiful football mind.&#8221; He also called\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0coach Kevin O&#8217;Connell a &#8220;buddy of mine,&#8221; saying they regularly talk during the\u00a0NFL\u00a0season. He also confirmed he visited the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0and &#8220;tried to do that as quietly as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the remaining possibility of playing for the Steelers:\u00a0<\/strong>Rodgers said he&#8217;s spoken with coach Mike Tomlin &#8220;many times&#8221; in addition to his visit to team facilities, saying Tomlin is &#8220;more [impressive] than I even thought from afar.&#8221; He added that he visited in part to know &#8220;what life would be like in Pittsburgh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On a possible deadline for joining the Steelers:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;This entire time, I haven&#8217;t felt like I&#8217;ve owed anybody any decision at any point. &#8230; I&#8217;ve been upfront with them about them. &#8230; I&#8217;ve said, listen, if you need to move on, by all means. &#8230; There&#8217;s been no deadline. &#8230; I am trying to be open to everything and not specifically attached to anything &#8230; I&#8217;m not holding anybody hostage. &#8230; When the commitment is made, it has to be an &#8216;all-in&#8217; type of commitment. &#8230; I don&#8217;t think it was fair to the Steelers or anyone while I&#8217;m dealing with a lot off the field [to make that commitment]. &#8230; The people that need to know, know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body-ad-1\" class=\"gambling-partner-ad\"><\/div>\n<p>Rodgers&#8217; comments come not long after some who&#8217;d spoken to the quarterback during free agency suggested the former MVP was\u00a0<span class=\"link\">more likely to retire<\/span>\u00a0than sign with a non-Super Bowl-contending team. That sentiment emerged after weeks of mostly silence from Rodgers&#8217; camp, despite Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II indicating at the NFL&#8217;s annual meeting in early April that the quarterback was\u00a0<span class=\"link\">on track to sign with the club<\/span>\u00a0in the near future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Rodgers breaks silence: QB sounds off on ugly Jets exit, Steelers plans, willingness to play for $10M The quarterback addresses a slew of hot topics Imagn&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Aaron Rodgers has finally given an update... - 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