Aaron Rodgers: Pittsburgh Steelers signal four-time NFL MVP on one-year deal after New York Jets exit, NFL web site reviews | NFL Information
4-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers has joined the Pittsburgh Steelers on a one-year deal, in keeping with US reviews.
Rodgers’ future had been up within the air since he cut up with the New York Jets on the finish of final season, with retirement having appeared a critical risk for the 41-year-old.
Nevertheless, in keeping with the NFL web site, Rodgers, who performed 18 seasons with the Inexperienced Bay Packers and gained a Tremendous Bowl in 2011, has now agreed a one-year deal to play for the Steelers.
The Steelers had been the NFL group in best want of a quarterback and open the 2025 season in opposition to Rodgers’ former group on the New York Jets on September 7.
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Aaron Rodgers finds Davante Adams who hauls within the catch for a 71-yard landing.
Rodgers will possible begin reverse Pittsburgh’s Week 1 starter final season, Justin Fields, who joined the Jets in free company.
Earlier than Rodgers’ long-expected settlement, Mason Rudolph was the presumed starter for the Steelers. Rudolph returned to the Steelers after one season with the Tennessee Titans.
Pittsburgh moved on from Russell Wilson, who changed Fields seven video games into the 2024 common season and can be projected to begin subsequent season in New York as a member of the Giants.
Rodgers involves Pittsburgh after two disappointing seasons with the Jets. He suffered a season-ending torn Achilles on the fourth play of the 2023 season, his first with Gang Inexperienced, and the Jets went 5-12 behind Rodgers in 2024, inflicting the franchise to wash home.
The ten-time Professional Bowler who gained a Tremendous Bowl with the Inexperienced Bay Packers in 2011 had additionally been linked to Inexperienced Bay’s division rival, the Minnesota Vikings, who as an alternative will transfer ahead with J.J. McCarthy underneath heart.