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https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/sports/aaron-rodgers-has-likely-decision-on-steelers-future/
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Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/sports/aaron-rodgers-has-likely-decision-on-steelers-future/
6/6 🧵 If Rodgers signs, the likely depth chart is Rodgers QB1, Mason Rudolph backup, with Will Howard and Drew Allar battling for QB3. The fun wrinkle: Rodgers would reunite with new Steelers coach Mike McCarthy, his old Packers Super Bowl coach. 📎 Source
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5/6 🧵 The Steelers’ roster choices scream “we’re waiting on Rodgers.” They didn’t add a veteran QB in free agency. They drafted Penn State’s Drew Allar in the third round, but he’s viewed as developmental, not ready to take over immediately.
4/6 🧵 The tender is more of a placeholder than a final contract. Rodgers likely wants more than $15M, so the real work is still negotiating a proper deal. Also, under the tender rules, he could only sign with Pittsburgh once training camp starts in mid-July.
3/6 🧵 Pittsburgh already protected itself with an unrestricted free agent tender in April. That gives the Steelers the right to match another team’s offer and would pay Rodgers about $15M — a 10% raise from last year — if he signs under that structure.
2/6 🧵 The key update: Rodgers is expected to visit the Steelers Friday and through the weekend. Ian Rapoport says this is part of the process toward him playing another season in Pittsburgh, though nothing is finalized yet.
1/6 🧵 Aaron Rodgers looks headed back to Pittsburgh. No signed deal yet, because of course Rodgers has turned “deciding where to play football” into a limited series, but the Steelers have clearly been operating like he’s their 2026 QB.