{"id":186897,"date":"2026-05-08T05:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/186897\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T05:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:22:21","slug":"free-agent-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-headed-to-pittsburgh-for-a-visit-with-steelers-probably-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/186897\/","title":{"rendered":"Free agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers headed to Pittsburgh for a visit with Steelers, probably more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aaron Rodgers<\/a> is headed to Pittsburgh. He’ll be visiting the city and, not coincidentally, the Steelers — a source familiar with the free-agent quarterback’s tentative plans confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The story, first reported by Pittsburgh’s 93.7 The Fan, is that Rodgers will fly into town on Friday and expects to spend time with the club through the weekend.<\/p>\n

One small issue: The Steelers are not exactly sure this is happening, per a source. A club source told OutKick a Rodgers visit was “news to me.”<\/p>\n

\"Pittsburgh <\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers runs off the field after the game against the Miami Dolphins at Acrisure Stadium on Dec. 15, 2025. (Charles LeClaire\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

If this sounds like Aaron Rodgers being his enigmatic, surprising, in-my-own-time self, then so be it. Because while a visit to Pittsburgh means a visit to the Steelers and no such visit would happen without Rodgers typically signing with the club, he’s not actually signed.<\/p>\n

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And one thing we’ve learned from this NFL offseason is deals, trades, draft selections are not done until they’re done. Ask Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby<\/a> about that.<\/p>\n

The one thing that would keep Rodgers from immediately fully committing to the Steelers, as expected, is money. It’s always about money.<\/p>\n

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers looks to complete a pass during the first quarter at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 12, 2025. (Charles LeClaire\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Rodgers said last season his contract with the Steelers was not a sticking point and he took a discount one-year deal worth $13.65 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Steelers recently applied an unrestricted free-agent tender on Rodgers<\/a> that provided him with a 10 percent raise to roughly $15.5 million for 2026.<\/p>\n

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But that is also a deep discount, considering that would make Rodgers the 18th highest-paid quarterback in the NFL on an annual average basis. And the four-time MVP probably does not believe he is the NFL’s 18th-best quarterback even at age 42.<\/p>\n

The bet here is Rodgers will get his agent to try to squeeze a little more out of the Steelers before he signs. The bet here is the Steelers might be open to that considering their quarterback options beyond Rodgers are Mason Rudolph<\/a>, Will Howard and rookie Drew Allar.<\/p>\n

None of those are what a team with playoff expectations wants as a starting at quarterback.<\/p>\n

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers warms up before an NFL wild-card playoff game against the Houston Texans in Pittsburgh on Jan. 12, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar\/AP)<\/p>\n

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The Steelers want Rodgers.<\/p>\n

Rodgers is headed to Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

It would be the biggest upset the league has witnessed in years if this doesn’t result in Rodgers eventually signing with the Steelers.<\/p>\n

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Armando Salguero is OutKick’s Senior NFL Writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers is headed to Pittsburgh. He’ll be visiting the city and, not coincidentally, the Steelers — a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[22365,37946,1418,77081,73,75,74,1833],"class_list":["post-186897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-mason-rudolph","tag-maxx-crosby","tag-nfl","tag-outkick-sports","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}