Sure Sounds Like Steelers Are Chasing Aaron Rodgers Again

The Pittsburgh Steelers want Aaron Rodgers back in 2026. There's no hiding that the team has loved what they've gotten out of their quarterback position this season in terms of production and leadership, and they know the power of a second year with a good player.

Rodgers understands that too. While he isn't ready to say whether or not this is his last NFL game or game with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he is open to acknowledging the power of a second season in the same offense, and the great feelings he has toward the Steelers.

"You know, anytime you're in a first-year offense, there's always some growing pains within the offense," Rodgers told local media when asked about his play this season. "It's always you feel like if you had another year, you know what you could do. I look at the way I played in 2019 and then kind of the adjustments we made in the offseason, and then the way I played in 2020, which was just in a whole kind of different level. I felt like, and I used to tease [Matt] LaFleur about this all the time, I was a game manager in 2019 and a game impactor in 2020 and 2021. I think a lot of that's just familiarity with the offense and with the guys. We've done the best we could with our conversations and our meeting time outside the facility and our meeting time in the facility. But obviously, the more years you get in asystem with the same guys, the more continuity you have, the better you feel like you can play."

Hinting that he's coming back? Maybe. Rodgers also let it be known that if he does get to come back, he may have at least one other option.

"Listen, I'm thinking about this week, but obviously I'm 42 years old, and I'm on a one-yeardeal, so you know what the situation is. Whenever the season ends, I'll be a free agent, so that will give me a lot of options if I still want to play. I mean, not a lot of options, but there'll be options, I would think maybe one or two if I decide I still want to play," Rodgers said with a laugh. "But I've enjoyed this experience, and everybody in Pittsburgh has been fantastic to me on and off the field, and it's really what I was hoping for, for this experience was it's been even better than I was hoping."

Here Comes the Chase