Aaron Rodgers has confirmed the 2026 season, his twenty second within the NFL, might be his final as he’s set to retire.
“This is it,” Rodgers mentioned when the four-time NFL MVP was requested if this may be his remaining yr.
The 42-year-old didn’t increase on why he got here to that conclusion when making his first public feedback since signing a one-year deal to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday.
Rodgers had initially arrived in Pittsburgh within the wake of two disappointing seasons with the New York Jets, the primary of which noticed him endure a year-ending Achilles harm 4 performs into his debut.
His determination to stick with the Steelers means he can have a reunion with first-year Steelers coach Mike McCarthy.
The 2 spent 13 seasons collectively in Inexperienced Bay earlier of their careers, and Rodgers pointed to McCarthy’s hiring as Mike Tomlin’s substitute as a significant factor in his determination to run it again one final time.
“It is like a (bunch of) ‘pinch me’ moments that have happened in the last few days,” he mentioned following the second day of Pittsburgh’s voluntary organised staff actions.
McCarthy and Rodgers gained a Tremendous Bowl collectively at Inexperienced Bay after the 2010 season, they usually remained in frequent contact over the winter and into the spring as Rodgers weighed up whether or not he wished to place his physique by means of the pains of a 17-game season.
Rodgers finally landed on ‘sure’, hoping for the rarest of exits: one he can dictate on his personal phrases.
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