The Steelers-Aaron Rodgers saga continues. And from the outside, there’s no clear end in sight.
Speaking on The Pat McAfee Show on Monday, ESPN insider Adam Schefter said the veteran quarterback did not visit the Steelers facility over the weekend of rookie minicamp despite an earlier report from Pittsburgh radio station 93.7 The Fan that he would.
“Nobody in the organization knew about it, and his agent didn’t know about it,” Schefter said of the rumored meeting.
Steelers beat writer Mark Kaboly also
posted before the weekend that there was no expected meeting. And on Friday, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said on the Rich Eisen Show that Rodgers was believed to be in Pittsburgh, but there was no meeting with the team scheduled.
Pelissero said that there has been communication between the Steelers and Rodgers’ agent, David Dunn, but money is not expected to be a problem if Rodgers agrees to return.
“Aaron has to ultimately decide what he wants to do,” Pelissero said. “This is just about Aaron making a full and final decision. … He could walk in the door in three minutes for all we know.”
However, across every report — Schefter, Kaboly, Pelissero, and others — the expectation is consistent: NFL insiders overwhelmingly believe Rodgers will re-sign with Pittsburgh at some point.
“I don’t think anything’s changed,” Schefter said.
Schefter did note that May 18, when the Steelers’ OTAs start, “should be circled,” but he mentioned that Rodgers didn’t sign with Pittsburgh until June last year.
Steelers president Art Rooney II was quoted earlier in the offseason as saying he expected Rodgers to make a decision before the 2026 NFL Draft, which is now weeks in the rearview mirror.
Despite both NFL insiders and Steelers brass saying that communication between the team and Rodgers’ camp have been positive, reporters have continued to indicate there is no sort of behind-the-scenes agreement between the two parties.
“But if Rodgers doesn’t agree to a new deal before offseason training activities begin May 18,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac wrote Saturday, “the team’s patience with him could grow thin.”
