{"id":179102,"date":"2026-04-22T07:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=179102"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:13:29","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-bombshell-green-bay-packers-fans-left-in-stitches-after-latest-aaron-rodgers-report-what-started-as-a-rumor-quickly-turned-into-a-comedic-moment-that-has-packers-nation-laughing-out-lou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=179102","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 BOMBSHELL: GREEN BAY PACKERS FANS LEFT IN STITCHES AFTER LATEST AARON RODGERS REPORT, WHAT STARTED AS A RUMOR QUICKLY TURNED INTO A COMEDIC MOMENT THAT HAS PACKERS NATION LAUGHING OUT LOUD, NOW THE STORY THAT&#8217;S TAKING THE NFL BY STORM IS BEING MET WITH A MIX OF LAUGHTER AND DISBELIEF.\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div class=\"adsconex-video-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"adsconex-video-container\" class=\"adsconex-video-container__sticky\">\n<div class=\"adsconex-video-container__btn-close\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1750,y_248,w_3400,h_1912\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/51\/01kppca0q9mnyfc4m58d.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">In the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 embarrassing 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans in the Wild Card Round this past January, longtime Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, despite previously stating that the 2025 season\u00a0would probably be his last, left the door open for a potential return in 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Naturally, the four-time NFL MVP, as he does, has taken his sweet time making up his mind whether to return or retire. And the Steelers, who are basically his only option at this point, apparently have no idea which way he\u2019s leaning, and NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero\u00a0reported on Monday\u00a0that there is no expectation that anything will change before Pittsburgh starts making picks in the upcoming\u00a02026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Steelers GM Omar Khan did at least confirm that the team has communicated with Rodgers, which is at least something, but if you scroll through social media, you\u2019ll see that Packers fans just can\u2019t get enough of watching their old QB hold Pittsburgh hostage for a second straight year. And make no mistake about it; that\u2019s exactly what he\u2019s doing. And the fact that the Steelers\u2019 new head coach is none other than Mike McCarthy only makes the situation that much more hilarious.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Aaron Rodgers waited until June last year to sign with the Steelers<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">It genuinely is astonishing to see the power Rodgers still has after all these years, as the Steelers are clearly banking on him returning for a second season, as their QB room currently consists of Mason Rudolph, who\u2019s made 14 starts for the franchise since being selected in the third round of the 2018 draft, and Will Howard, who was taken in the sixth round of last year\u2019s draft but didn\u2019t take a single regular-season snap in 2025.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Pittsburgh could very well take a quarterback in the draft, but outside of likely No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza, this is a fairly weak class of signal-callers. They could perhaps trade up to get Alabama\u2019s Ty Simpson, but that scenario seems highly unlikely.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">As they did a year ago, the Steelers will seemingly just have to wait to see what Rodgers does. And that decision may not come anytime soon, as he\u00a0didn\u2019t come to terms\u00a0on his contract for the 2025 season until early June, inking his deal just ahead of mandatory minicamp.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">So, perhaps that\u2019s the same scenario that plays out this year as well. For what it\u2019s worth, Rodgers had a fairly solid season, completing 65.7 percent of his passes for 3,322 yards with 24 touchdowns against just seven interceptions. But he certainly didn\u2019t look great in the playoff loss, connecting on just 17 of 33 throws for 146 yards with no touchdowns and a pick.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Enjoy the waiting game, Steelers fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 embarrassing 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans in the Wild Card Round this past January, longtime Green Bay Packers quarterback&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8 BOMBSHELL: GREEN BAY PACKERS FANS LEFT IN STITCHES AFTER LATEST AARON RODGERS REPORT, WHAT STARTED AS A RUMOR QUICKLY TURNED INTO A COMEDIC MOMENT THAT HAS PACKERS NATION LAUGHING OUT LOUD, NOW THE STORY THAT&#039;S TAKING THE NFL BY STORM IS BEING MET WITH A MIX OF LAUGHTER AND DISBELIEF.\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - 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