Aaron Rodgers returns to the Pittsburgh Steelers for his 22nd and final season of a legendary, Hall of Fame career. Rodgers will be playing again with Mike McCarthy, with whom he previously spent 13 seasons together in Green Bay, winning a Super Bowl and securing two of Rodgers’ four MVP awards.<\/p>\n
Last season, Rodgers led Pittsburgh to the postseason, clinching the AFC North with a 10-6 record, a 65.7% completion rate, 24 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. Now, a new era for the Pittsburgh Steelers begins without Mike Tomlin, who, in his 19 seasons as head coach, never suffered a single losing season.<\/p>\n
Aaron Rodgers gets \u2018attacked\u2019 by Cameron Heyward and Steelers veteran on the sidelines<\/p>\n
They will open the campaign at home against the Atlanta Falcons with Cooper Rush at quarterback, followed by an away game against the New England Patriots, and then a home game against the Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n
Aaron Rodgers Matches Tom Brady’s Longevity Milestone<\/p>\n
As he embarks on his farewell campaign, Rodgers joins Tom Brady as the only quarterbacks since 1950 to start Week 1 at age 42 or older. Brady ultimately played until he was 45, capturing a ring at age 43 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020.<\/p>\n
Throughout this upcoming schedule, Rodgers also has one final opportunity to join an exclusive, historic circle consisting of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, and Brett Favre, the only signal-callers who have successfully defeated all 32 current NFL franchises.<\/p>\n
While legendary names like Joe Montana and Fran Tarkenton belong in the conversation, they lacked the chance to face every modern team, though they did notch at least one victory against every franchise active during their respective eras.<\/p>\n
Turning 43 years old during the 2026 season, Rodgers has not surpassed 4,000 passing yards or 30 touchdowns in a single year since 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The external pressure to deliver immediately will be intense; the Steelers have not won a playoff game since 2016 and currently carry a franchise-record streak of seven consecutive postseason losses.<\/p>\n
With a restructured roster, a reunion with his former Green Bay play-caller, and a ticking clock on his professional journey, the stage is set for a dramatic final chapter in the Steel City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers returns to the Pittsburgh Steelers for his 22nd and final season of a legendary, Hall of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-892224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}