The Steelers signed four-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers, 41, spent the past two seasons with the New York Jets after a stellar 18-year run with the Green Bay Packers.
In 20 NFL seasons, Rodgers has completed 65.1 percent of his passes for nearly 63,000 yards with 503 touchdown passes and just 116 interceptions.
A nine-time Pro Bowl player and four-time first-team All-Pro, Rodgers also has won a Super Bowl, that coming at the end of the 2010 season over the Steelers.
Possessing one of the quickest releases in NFL history, Rodgers also has pinpoint accuracy, making him one of the league’s most difficult matchups for opposing defenses, even at his advanced age.
In 2024, Rodgers, who was coming off a torn Achilles’ tendon suffered in the regular season opener in 2023, completed 63 percent of his passes for 3,897 yards with 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
It marked just the fourth time in his career in which he threw 10 or more interceptions.
With Rodgers on board, the Steelers have a quarterback who perhaps meshes more with offensive coordinator Arthur Smith’s scheme. Rodgers has excelled utilizing play-action, completing 68 percent of his passes for 4,651 yards with 45 touchdowns and just six interceptions.
In 2025, he completed 71 of 112 passes using play-action, good for 733 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions.
Rodgers also isn’t going to hold the football. Of his nearly 600 pass attempts in 2024, on 363 of them, the ball came out in 2.5 seconds or less. He held the ball longer than 2.5 seconds on 221 attempts.
Those numbers largely fall in line with his career percentages.
Rodgers isn’t the play extender he was earlier in his career, but he also isn’t completely immobile. Even coming off the torn Achilles’ tendon in 2024, Rodgers ran for 107 yards, picking up seven first downs.
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