{"id":415732,"date":"2026-01-18T22:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/415732\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T22:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:53:06","slug":"report-steelers-are-open-to-an-aaron-rodgers-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/415732\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Steelers are open to an Aaron Rodgers return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest question for the Steelers is, for now, the identity of the team\u2019s next coach. Once a coach is hired, the question pivots to the identity of the team\u2019s quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the Steelers are <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47646611\/sources-steelers-open-aaron-rodgers-return-players-praise-qb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">open to the idea<\/a> of Aaron Rodgers returning for a second season.<\/p>\n<p>Per the report, \u201calmost all Steelers players\u201d conveyed during exit meetings their desire to have Rodgers on the team for a second season.<\/p>\n<p>The question is whether the next coach will want him. And, if the next coach has a defensive background, the opinion of the offensive coordinator becomes critical, too.<\/p>\n<p>From the team\u2019s perspective, the best way to play it is to let Rodgers make the decision on his own, especially since (as owner Art Rooney II said this week), Rodgers came to Pittsburgh <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/art-rooney-ii-on-aaron-rodgers-future-he-came-here-to-play-for-mike-tomlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">because of former coach Mike Tomlin<\/a>. That\u2019s far better than telling Rodgers no, given the manner in which he put the Jets on blast after they told him it was over, following the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>Again, the first step is to hire a coach. That will go a long way toward deciding whether Rodgers wants to return, and whether the next coach prefers to move on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest question for the Steelers is, for now, the identity of the team\u2019s next coach. Once a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-415732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}