{"id":77210,"date":"2025-06-24T13:49:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=77210"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:49:41","slug":"aaron-rodgers-says-2025-will-be-his-final-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/aaron-rodgers-says-2025-will-be-his-final-nfl-season\/77210\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers says 2025 will be his final NFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-10\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3a258952-7ce6-4016-ac9c-54c3f7c309f5\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"489\">After a rocky and injury-shortened stint with the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers is aiming to revive his career in Pittsburgh. The 41-year-old quarterback is joining a Steelers team led by head coach Mike Tomlin, who has never had a losing season in 18 years. With an expanded playoff format, there\u2019s a real shot Rodgers could help the team make a postseason run, maybe even chase another Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"721\">But there are questions. Rodgers is still recovering from a torn Achilles suffered in 2023, and his age and durability are major concerns. Even just staying healthy enough to keep Tomlin\u2019s winning streak alive will be a challenge.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"870\">Rodgers recently addressed his future during an appearance on the \u201cPat McAfee Show,\u201d and he made it clear that this season will likely be his last.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1186\">\u201cYeah, I\u2019m pretty sure this is my last season, and that\u2019s why we did just a one-year deal,\u201d Rodgers said. \u201cSteelers didn\u2019t need to put any extra years on it or anything. This was really about finishing with a lot of fun, love, and peace for the career I\u2019ve had. I\u2019ve played 20 freaking years, it\u2019s been a long run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1379\">Rodgers has made bold statements before, but this time he seemed honest and reflective. If he is done after this year, it leaves Pittsburgh needing a long-term solution at quarterback.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1650\">They may already have one in rookie Will Howard. The Steelers picked him in the sixth round after he helped lead Ohio State to a national championship. Howard has the size and arm strength teams look for, and with Rodgers ahead of him, he has time to learn and develop.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1652\" data-end=\"1899\">Still, with Rodgers\u2019 age and injury history, the team can\u2019t assume he\u2019ll make it through the whole season. If something happens, Pittsburgh may choose to give Howard the chance to step in rather than revisit the Mason Rudolph experiment yet again.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1901\" data-end=\"1998\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Howard\u2019s opportunity to start in the NFL may come sooner than expected, possibly even this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a rocky and injury-shortened stint with the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers is aiming to revive his career in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":77212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[236],"class_list":["post-77210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-aaron-rodgers"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}