The inevitable lastly occurred earlier this week, because the Pittsburgh Steelers lastly signed Aaron Rodgers to a one-year contract for $13.65 million to be their beginning quarterback for the 2025 season.
It was the worst-kept secret of the offseason that grew to become an apparent conclusion after the Steelers went by the offseason and the draft with out bringing in anybody able to beginning Week 1, and now that Rodgers has landed in western Pennsylvania and signed his contract, he has now picked a jersey quantity as effectively.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter shared on X Friday afternoon that Rodgers shall be donning No. 8 for the Steelers, and followers shall be hoping he can do a greater job filling out that quantity than Kenny Pickett did.
New Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers will put on No. 8 this season.
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— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 7, 2025
Rodgers was presumably entertaining a number of completely different locations this offseason, however one after the other, every potential touchdown spot discovered its new franchise quarterback because the New York Giants introduced in Russell Wilson, the Las Vegas Raiders traded for Geno Smith, the New York Jets moved on from him and signed Justin Fields, the Tennessee Titans drafted Cam Ward, and so forth and so forth.
The Steelers grew to become the one one with no date to the massive dance, however though this took eternally, No. 8 is a strong match on paper for a crew that has championship aspirations after a few years of playoff disappointments.
DK Metcalf has been introduced in as the brand new No. 1 huge receiver, and it is going to be fascinating to see how Rodgers does with out bringing a bunch of his outdated coaches and on-field weapons with him.
Pittsburgh and Rodgers each wanted to shake issues up, and it’s thrilling that this match has lastly been made official.
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