Steelers legend loses patience with latest chapter in Aaron Rodgers saga: 'They need to move forward'

Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers signed a one-year woody with the Steelers past offseason. At 42, helium has not ruled retired a 2026 return, but the squad is waiting to spot what comes next.

The NFL's caller league twelvemonth kicked disconnected past week and the draught is adjacent month. As the Steelers proceed done the offseason, astatine slightest 1 erstwhile standout made it wide Rodgers’ clip successful Pittsburgh should beryllium over.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Rod Woodson urged his erstwhile squad to simply determination connected from Rodgers. "Is helium gonna play? Listen, I get kinda bushed of it," Woodson said connected "The Rich Eisen Show."

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Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) passes successful the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Cleveland Browns successful Pittsburgh connected Oct. 12, 2025.  (Matt Freed/AP Photo)

"Listen, if he's gonna play, accidental he's gonna play, he's gonna travel back. And the squad shouldn't hold for Aaron Rodgers. They request to determination forward."

While Woodson’s vexation appears to beryllium growing, the Steelers inactive look consenting to wait. Rodgers precocious said helium is not alert of immoderate "deadline" but has maintained his offseason grooming routine.

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Rodgers started successful 16 games past season, throwing 24 touchdowns. He helped the Steelers extremity a five-season AFC North part rubric drought. But Pittsburgh yet could not interruption its playoff windless streak, losing to the Houston Texans successful the wild-card round.

Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Rod Woodson (26) looks connected earlier a preseason crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Three Rivers Stadium connected Aug. 24, 1995, successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

Rodgers spent the archetypal 18 seasons of his NFL vocation with the Green Bay Packers. He had a two-year stint with the New York Jets earlier signing with the Steelers.

"What is it with these ex-Green Bay Packers quarterbacks that they person to beryllium talked astir each the time?" Woodson added. "'Cause Brett Favre was that mode for years. Remember however we utilized to person to speech astir Brett Favre, speech astir Brett Favre."

Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Aaron Rodgers listens to a question during a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Miami Dolphins successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania connected Dec. 15, 2025.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Former Ohio State standout Will Howard and NFL seasoned Mason Rudolph are acceptable to instrumentality to the Steelers successful 2026. Concerns astir the Steelers’ backmost country proceed to mount, with erstwhile prima Rod Woodson arguing the squad missed a accidental to unafraid a semipermanent reply successful past year’s draft.

"They should've taken Jaxson Dart (in the 2025 NFL Draft)," Woodson said. "He fell to them. It was the champion accidental for them to instrumentality that backmost who has that swag, kinda acceptable into that Steeler mold."

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The Steelers formally introduced Mike McCarthy successful January, kicking disconnected a caller era. McCarthy replaces Mike Tomlin, who stepped down aft 19 seasons arsenic the Steelers' caput coach.

McCarthy coached Rodgers successful Green Bay. The caller Steelers manager said he’s been successful interaction with his erstwhile backmost this offseason, adding earlier this twelvemonth helium viewed Rodgers arsenic a "great asset" to the squad and suggested the franchise would invited his return.

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