{"id":675872,"date":"2026-05-17T02:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675872\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T02:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:17:10","slug":"nfl-news-2026-aaron-rodgers-signs-for-pittsburgh-steelers-reunited-with-mike-mccarthy-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675872\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL news 2026: Aaron Rodgers signs for Pittsburgh Steelers, reunited with Mike McCarthy, video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers will return for a 22nd season in the NFL after agreeing to re-sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers, multiple US media reports said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old Rodgers, a four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, has agreed a one-year contract with Pittsburgh, the team he joined last year under head coach Mike Tomlin.<\/p>\n<p>Watch an average 6 games per week and every game of the NFL Post-season, LIVE with ESPN on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/ussports?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgridiron-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nfl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The deal means that Rodgers will reunite with his former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, who joined the Steelers in January after Tomlin stepped down following Pittsburgh\u2019s playoff exit in the wildcard round.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers spent the bulk of his career working with McCarthy in Green Bay, where the duo won a Super Bowl together in 2011 \u2013 ironically against the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers\u2019 future had been in question ever since the Steelers\u2019 playoff exit in January, when the veteran quarterback was sacked four times and was held to just 17 completions in a bruising 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p>However speculation he would return increased after the Steelers opted to hire McCarthy, who made no secret of his desire to see Rodgers keep playing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see why you wouldn\u2019t want him back,\u201d McCarthy said following his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched most of the Pittsburgh games on TV and I thought he was a great asset for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers will return for a 22nd season in the NFL after agreeing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-675872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675872","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=675872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}