{"id":676621,"date":"2026-05-17T11:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676621\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:34:09","slug":"nfl-aaron-rodgers-agrees-new-one-year-deal-with-pittsburgh-steelers-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676621\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL: Aaron Rodgers agrees new one-year deal with Pittsburgh Steelers &#8211; reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rodgers helped the Steelers reach last season&#8217;s play-offs, before coach Mike Tomlin chose to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/american-football\/articles\/cx2y3xl5g1ro\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bring his 19-year tenure to an end.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tomlin was replaced by Mike McCarthy, who was head coach for most of Rodgers&#8217; 18-year stint with the Green Bay Packers, and they won a Super Bowl together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After leaving the Packers for the New York Jets in 2023, Rodgers suffered a torn Achilles on his debut &#8211; ruling him out for the rest of the season. He was then released after a disappointing second season in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rodgers is not as mobile as he used to be and missed one game for Pittsburgh in 2025 because of a broken wrist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But, despite an inconsistent season by the Steelers, he managed to steer them to a 10-7 record and their first AFC North title since 2020, before being outclassed by the Houston Texans in the post-season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With his future still unclear, Pittsburgh added a quarterback in the NFL Draft in April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/american-football\/articles\/c0e7v5qgpj9o\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">selecting Drew Allar<\/a> in the third round, and the Steelers may look to develop him, or 2025 draft pick Will Howard, to be Rodgers&#8217; potential successor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rodgers helped the Steelers reach last season&#8217;s play-offs, before coach Mike Tomlin chose to bring his 19-year tenure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-676621","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\/676621","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=676621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}