{"id":545727,"date":"2026-03-26T04:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T04:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/545727\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T04:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T04:46:14","slug":"decision-is-coming-down-to-money-charlie-batch-offers-reason-why-aaron-rodgers-hasnt-signed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/545727\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Decision Is Coming Down To Money:’ Charlie Batch Offers Reason Why Aaron Rodgers Hasn’t Signed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Omar Khan was confident that the<\/a> Pittsburgh Steelers wouldn\u2019t have to wait as long for Aaron Rodgers to make a decision this year. The team waited months for the quarterback sign with them last offseason, and while it isn\u2019t at that point yet, there\u2019s still no end in sight. Rodgers explained that much of the wait last year was because he was dealing with personal issues. Former Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch believes there is a different reason for the hang-up this time around.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a guy who outplayed his contract,\u201d Batch said recently on his Snap Count podcast.<\/a> \u201cI will stand by this, and there\u2019s not many people out there, I may be the only one, saying this at this particular point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision is coming down to money. The Steelers would like him to come back, yes, but it\u2019s not going to be at the $13 million number. I\u2019m sure Aaron, at some point, and I have not spoken to him, but I\u2019m sure his representatives are wanting something closer to $30 [million]. And you hope that, somewhere, you meet in the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodgers\u2019 one-year deal last year was worth a little<\/a> less than $14 million, and it made him the league\u2019s 22nd highest-paid quarterback. It\u2019s hard to say that he outplayed that too much. He threw for 3,322 yards, 24 touchdowns, and seven interceptions in 16 games.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a fine season, and Rodgers looked like the Steelers\u2019 best quarterback since Ben Roethlisberger retired, but it\u2019s not worth a drastic pay increase. Quarterbacks come at a premium and their price tags often reflect that. However, $30 million for one year of Rodgers is too much.<\/p>\n

That would put him in a similar range as Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold. Rodgers isn\u2019t as good as either at this point in his career, and he turned 42 in December. Getting him on the same price as last year feels fair.<\/p>\n

Also, it would be odd if money was a Rodgers sticking point. He\u2019s made plenty in his career, and he made it clear last year that<\/a> he doesn\u2019t need a lot of money to play. He wants to add to his legacy and make another run at a championship.<\/p>\n

Maybe Batch is correct and Rodgers\u2019 agent is pushing for him to ask the Steelers for money. Getting inside Rodgers\u2019 head isn\u2019t easy. There\u2019s no telling what his reasons are. He could simply be in no rush. During his last public appearance, he sounded like he was enjoying his personal life. Rodgers waited until early June to make an official decision last year. Hopefully, no matter the issue, it doesn\u2019t take that long again.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Omar Khan was confident that the Pittsburgh Steelers wouldn\u2019t have to wait as long for Aaron Rodgers to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[7144,243467,1321,99,243468],"class_list":{"0":"post-545727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-charlie-batch","10":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-the-snap-count"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545727","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=545727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}