{"id":53025,"date":"2025-06-03T02:43:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T02:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53025"},"modified":"2025-06-03T02:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T02:43:44","slug":"breaking-nfl-insider-drops-bombshell-aaron-rodgers-pittsburgh-steelers-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53025","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NFL Insider Drops Bombshell Aaron Rodgers-Pittsburgh Steelers Update.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Most\u00a0NFL\u00a0reporters have been under the impression for weeks that four-time MVP\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Aaron Rodgers\u00a0has told the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0verbally that he intends to play for them in 2025.<\/p>\n

Rodgers\u2019 personal biographer Ian O\u2019Connor even said as much last month during an interview with 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think verbally, behind the scenes, not that he guaranteed it, but he\u2019s told [the Steelers], \u2018Listen, I’m going to play for you. I just don\u2019t want to go there and then miss part of mandatory minicamp because of my personal issues. I’m pretty sure they’re going to be solved by the end of May, at least in my satisfaction where I can give you my all,\u2019\u201d\u00a0O\u2019Connor said.<\/p>\n

Many believe the Steelers\u2019 passing on multiple quarterbacks in the first few rounds of the 2025 NFL draft before selecting\u00a0Ohio State\u2019s Will Howard in the sixth round was a clear sign they believe Rodgers gave them that verbal confirmation he\u2019ll be there come next season.<\/p>\n

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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) and Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin (right).<\/p>\n

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However, during a recent appearance on the \u201cRich Eisen Show,\u201d NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero recently reported that isn\u2019t exactly the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been told that he has not affirmatively told the Steelers that he’s coming,\u201d Pelissero said. \u201cCertainly all the indications, if you look at it logically, are that he’s coming based on his comments about, \u2018There\u2019s a team that plays in Chicago (this year) that I might play for,\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m not playing in New Orleans.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHe took one visit, he’s been throwing with DK Metcalf, he talks all the time with (head coach) Mike Tomlin, I know he\u2019s talked with (offensive coordinator) Arthur Smith. There’s all these signs that he’s coming but he’s not affirmatively said, \u2018Hey, June 9, book me the ticket, I’m coming in and I’m going to join this team.\u2019 That has not happened as of this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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