{"id":478603,"date":"2026-02-14T02:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/478603\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T02:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:41:12","slug":"aaron-rodgers-ranked-no-16-quarterback-by-nfl-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/478603\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers ranked No. 16 quarterback by NFL analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Pittsburgh Steelers have made it clear that they would like to have Aaron Rodgers return for a second season in Pittsbugh, and a 22nd season in the NFL overall. The 42-year-old entered 2025 on a one-year deal with the intention of it being his final season. However, he kept the door open to return in 2026, and now the Steelers await his decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In terms of his performance in 2025, Rodgers threw 24 touchdowns to just seven interceptions and led the Steelers to an AFC North championship. It\u2019s because of that year-long outing that Nick Shook of NFL Media ranked Rodgers as the No. 16 quarterback amongst all 63 to start a game in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAaron Rodgers\u00a0bested Father Time for much of 2025 and is the primary reason the Steelers even reached the playoffs,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/ranking-all-63-starting-quarterbacks-from-the-2025-nfl-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shook writes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shook writes<\/a>. \u201cHe produced some of his best games of the last three or four years and can definitely still fill a starting job somewhere in this league\u00a0if he wants it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Rodgers was sandwiched between Brock Purdy (No. 15) and Baker Mayfield (No. 17).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Should Rodgers return, he would reunite with his former head coach in Green Bay, Mike McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Let us know what you think in the comments.\u00a0Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers have made it clear that they would like to have Aaron Rodgers return for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[626,64,63,6576,6583,1255,593,12274,5132,1241,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-478603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-baker-mayfield","12":"tag-brock-purdy","13":"tag-houston-texans","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-pennsylvania","16":"tag-pittsburgh","17":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}