Steelers ownership hopes for clarity on Aaron Rodgers’ future 'in the next month or so'

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

Among the questions McCarthy and the Steelers' beforehand bureau volition request to reply is who they mean to person arsenic their starting backmost adjacent season. 

Quarterback 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.

Steelers main proprietor Art Rooney II shed airy connected the timeline for erstwhile a determination connected Rodgers’ aboriginal could come.

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It remains to beryllium seen if Aaron Rodgers volition instrumentality for the Pittsburgh Steelers adjacent season. (Matt Freed/AP Photo)

According to Rooney, Rodgers' determination could scope a solution "in the adjacent period oregon so."

If Rodgers does instrumentality to the Steelers, helium would reunite with his erstwhile coach. However, Rooney made it wide that a imaginable Rodgers-McCarthy reunion had small bearing connected the prime to prosecute the erstwhile Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys caput coach.

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"We don’t cognize what Aaron’s plans are close now, and that did not measurement heavy successful the decision," Rooney said connected the Steelers’ authoritative website. "We’ll spot wherever Aaron is, and we’ve near the doorway open, but evidently we each person to beryllium down and spot if that makes sense. So that’ll hap sometime successful the adjacent period oregon so. But the determination was made based connected Mike being the manager we want, and it truly had precise small to bash with whether Aaron is going to beryllium backmost oregon not."

Pittsburgh Steelers caput manager Mike McCarthy speaks astatine a quality league introducing him arsenic the adjacent caput manager of the Steelers connected Tuesday. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

The Steelers selected Will Howard successful the sixth circular of past year’s NFL draft. Veteran backmost Mason Rudolph signed a two-year declaration to instrumentality to Pittsburgh past March. Rooney said McCarthy was bullish connected Howard, adding the erstwhile Ohio State standout "has tremendous upside."

As it relates to Rodgers' future, Rooney said, "we’ll person to beryllium down and sermon wherever Aaron is, if helium decides to travel back, and whether that each makes sense." 

Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Aaron Rodgers and then-head manager Mike Tomlin stock a infinitesimal aft beating the Baltimore Ravens, Jan. 4, astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Rodgers was mum connected his 2026 prospects aft the Steelers’ lopsided wild-card circular nonaccomplishment to the Houston Texans earlier this month.

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"I’m not going to marque immoderate affectional decisions," Rodgers said. "At this point, evidently specified a amusive year. A batch of adversity, but a batch of fun. Been a large twelvemonth wide successful my beingness successful the past year, and this is simply a truly bully portion of that, coming present and being portion of this team. So it's disappointing to beryllium sitting present with the play over."

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 past year.

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