Aaron Rodgers takes thinly-veiled shot at Jets ahead of Steelers' playoff game

After the Pittsburgh Steelers clinched the AFC North, NFL Films cameras caught Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin thanking 1 different for the backmost joining the Steelers successful his 21st season.

It is wide that Rodgers has enjoyed his clip successful Pittsburgh — aft making the playoffs himself for the archetypal clip successful 4 years, however could helium not?

Rodgers was asked astir what helium likes astir the Steelers organization, and helium took a not-so-subtle changeable astatine his past team, the New York Jets.

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Aaron Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrates pursuing an NFL shot crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Jan. 4, 2026 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

"One happening I truly love, and it’s benignant of the antithesis of wherever I was — there’s not truly immoderate leaks successful the boat," Rodgers told reporters this week. "Every year, you person difficulties and adversity, some connected the tract and off, and to spell done a play similar this and beryllium capable to absorption connected shot and not person a batch of different small bulls--- retired determination has been truly nice."

During his clip with the Jets, Rodgers was adamant that media leaks were a "problem with the organization."

"There's nary spot successful a winning civilization (for this)," Rodgers said connected a December 2023 variation of "The Pat McAfee Show." 

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

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"They're not your friends. And adjacent if they are, is that truly what you privation to beryllium about? You privation to beryllium astir utilizing idiosyncratic successful the media to leak worldly to successful order, for what, to get them to enactment your sanction retired determination for a job, oregon if you're a subordinate to get you a write-up? I deliberation it's chickenhearted s--- astatine its core, and I deliberation it has nary spot successful a winning organization… Put your sanction connected thing and basal down it."

After the 2023 season, astir each of which Rodgers missed with a torn Achilles suffered connected the Jets' 4th violative play of the year, Rodgers said the squad needed to get "the bulls--- that has thing to bash with winning... retired of the building."

"If you privation to beryllium a winning enactment and enactment yourself successful a presumption to triumph championships and beryllium competitive, everything that you bash matters," Rodgers told reporters successful January 2024.

The Jets decided to determination connected from Rodgers portion hiring first-year caput manager Aaron Glenn, and it seems Rodgers has the past laugh. 

Pittsburgh Steelers’ Aaron Rodgers reacts aft a touchdown during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Detroit Lions successful Detroit, Michigan, connected Dec. 21, 2025. (Rey Del Rio/AP Photo)

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Rodgers is successful the playoffs, portion the Jets mislaid 14 games for the 3rd clip successful franchise history. Gang Green besides became the archetypal squad successful NFL past to spell an full play without signaling an interception. They ended the twelvemonth losing each of their past 5 games by 23 oregon much points — a feat ne'er earlier seen.

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