{"id":536,"date":"2026-05-17T10:03:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=536"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:03:04","slug":"aaron-rodgers-coming-back-to-steelers-on-a-one-year-deal-ap-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=536","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers coming back to Steelers on a one-year deal, AP sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>PITTSBURGH \u2014 Aaron Rodgers is running it back with the Steelers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that the four-time NFL MVP agreed to a one-year deal to return to Pittsburgh on Saturday, ending a protracted decision-making process. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=534\">Game 7s have been kind to Cavaliers, Pistons recently. But one will fall on Sunday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The 42-year-old Rodgers guided Pittsburgh to an AFC North title last year, throwing for 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He seemed to embrace playing for a team whose football roots run deep, much as he did in Green Bay earlier in his career, and now he\u2019ll be a Steeler for his 22nd and perhaps final season.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Rodgers reunites with former Packers coach Mike McCarthy, hired to lead the Steelers in January after Mike Tomlin stepped down following 19 seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Rodgers and McCarthy spent 13 years together in Green Bay, where Rodgers blossomed into one of the game\u2019s biggest stars after becoming the starting quarterback in 2008. The Packers won their fourth Super Bowl and Rodgers earned two of his four MVPs with McCarthy calling the plays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The arrangement will be much the same with the Steelers, though both player and coach are in different phases of their respective careers. This figures to be Rodgers\u2019s last ride, and the 64-year-old McCarthy is almost certainly ending his coaching journey a few miles from the Greenfield neighborhood where he grew up.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>No concern from the NFL about Patrick Mahomes being ready for Week 1, and other thoughts from the 2026 schedule release<\/div>\n<p><span>The Steelers made it clear they would welcome Rodgers back, though a couple of artificial deadlines \u2014 first the start of free agency in March, then the NFL draft last month in Pittsburgh \u2014 came and went with Rodgers unsigned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The club made the somewhat unusual decision to place an unrestricted free agent tender on Rodgers, a paperwork move that gave the Steelers a bit of protection should Rodgers have opted to sign with another team before training camp opened in late July.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s uncertain if a market for Rodgers existed, not that it matters. A year ago, he waited until early June to join the Steelers, then spent the next seven-plus months embracing the experience, earning raves from his teammates for his buy-in and his leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=532\">Globe Top 20 boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 tennis polls: Newton South roaring up the ranks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Rodgers joins a quarterback room that expanded while he made up his mind. The Steelers selected Penn State\u2019s Drew Allar in the third round of the draft. He joins veteran Mason Rudolph and Will Howard, a sixth-round choice in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Howard and Allar figure to be longer-term projects, and Rodgers\u2019s presence will give them time to develop while also gleaning whatever lessons they can from a quarterback who spent three seasons backing up Hall of Famer Brett Favre in Green Bay before becoming the starter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pittsburgh also added receivers Michael Pittman Jr. and Germie Bernard in the offseason. The trade for Pittman and the drafting of Bernard could provide Rodgers with more big-play options after teams loaded up to stop DK Metcalf last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While it seemed the question surrounding Rodgers wasn\u2019t if he would re-sign, but when, it\u2019s still uncertain when he might actually take the field with his teammates. Pittsburgh begins organized team activities on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though OTAs are typically voluntary in name only in most places \u2014 particularly with a first-year coach \u2014 Rodgers\u2019 familiarity with McCarthy\u2019s offense and the opportunity for Pittsburgh to use OTAs as a chance to give Allar and Howard plenty of reps mean Rodgers could stay home in Malibu, California, until mandatory minicamp from June 2-4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Either way, when the team reports for training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe in late July, Rodgers will run out with the starters with the goal of leading the Steelers back to the playoffs while eyeing the franchise\u2019s first postseason victory in a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=530\">Is this the best Lexington boys\u2019 tennis team ever? The postseason will determine that.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><i>AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi contributed to this report.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He seemed to embrace playing for a team whose football roots run deep, much as he did in Green Bay earlier in his career, and now he\u2019ll be a Steeler for his 22nd and perhaps final season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aaron Rodgers coming back to Steelers on a one-year deal, AP sources say - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=536\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aaron Rodgers coming back to Steelers on a one-year deal, AP sources say - 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