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Brooke Pryor
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers is formally a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The group posted a photograph of a smiling Rodgers signing his contract Saturday with the caption “finished deal.”
The veteran quarterback signed a one-year, $13.65 million deal after passing a bodily on the group facility Saturday morning, sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The deal consists of $10 million assured and could be value as much as $19.5 million with incentives, sources added.
Executed deal ✍️ @AaronRodgers12 pic.twitter.com/xM4wy8EdGG
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) June 7, 2025
The group additionally introduced that Rodgers will put on No. 8 in Pittsburgh. He wore the identical quantity in New York after sporting 12 in Inexperienced Bay. Steelers nice Terry Bradshaw wore No. 12, and although it isn’t formally retired, the group does not sometimes give out that quantity.
Rodgers, 41, arrived on the observe facility simply after 8 a.m. two days after agreeing to phrases with the Steelers following a protracted courtship and was greeted by basic supervisor Omar Khan on the door.
Rodgers is anticipated to be on the group’s necessary minicamp, which begins Tuesday.
In late March, Rodgers held a personal throwing session in California with new Steelers large receiver DK Metcalf, whom Pittsburgh acquired in a commerce with the Seahawks on the eve of free company.
The cope with Pittsburgh units up a Week 1 showdown between Rodgers and his most up-to-date former group, the New York Jets, who will host the Steelers of their season opener.
Rodgers was launched by the Jets in March, one month after what he later described as a contentious assembly with new coach Aaron Glenn and new basic supervisor Darren Mougey.
Rodgers joined New York in 2023 after 18 seasons with the Inexperienced Bay Packers, the place he received a Tremendous Bowl after the 2010 season. After lacking practically his total first season with the Jets due to a torn Achilles sustained in his debut, Rodgers began each sport final season, however his general efficiency was uneven. He handed for 3,897 yards and 28 touchdowns — each third on the Jets’ single-season file checklist — however he additionally had 11 interceptions and completed with a 48.1 QBR, twenty fifth out of 32 certified passers within the NFL.
Information of the Rodgers-Steelers settlement improved Pittsburgh’s odds within the betting market. The Steelers’ odds of profitable the AFC North went from +550 to +500 on ESPN BET on Thursday, and their odds to make the playoffs went from +150 to +140.
The Steelers additionally moved to a 3-point favourite at ESPN BET of their season opener in opposition to the Jets after being favored by 2.5 earlier than the Rodgers information.
