Aaron Rodgers appears down to only one NFL team needing him after NFL Draft

While the shot satellite was wrapped up successful wherever Shedeur Sanders was going to spell connected time 3 of the 2025 NFL Draft, ESPN’s Adam Schefter dropped immoderate different backmost quality that is precise important for a definite MVP escaped agent. 

Aaron Rodgers remains without a squad for the 2025 season, arsenic helium hasn’t made his determination connected whom to play for. 

One of those imaginable teams was the Minnesota Vikings, fixed that J.J. McCarthy, the team’s first-round prime successful 2024, didn’t interaction the tract past play owed to a season-ending injury. However, the beforehand bureau has been adamant that McCarthy is the antheral for the job, heading into this season, but speculation astir a imaginable Rodgers woody remained afloat. 

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New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers (8) waits for the drawback of the shot during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Rams successful East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Perhaps that has officially travel to an extremity aft Schefter revealed during ESPN’s broadcast of the draught that the Vikings had acquired Sam Howell from the Seattle Seahawks. Howell aboriginal confirmed the trade, making a celebratory station connected Instagram. 

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In instrumentality for Howell, Minnesota sent its 142nd prime successful the 5th round, which the Seahawks utilized connected antiaircraft lineman Rylie Mills. Two picks later, Sanders was yet taken by the Cleveland Browns. 

So, wherever does that permission Rodgers for 2025? 

The Pittsburgh Steelers are inactive the frontrunner for his services, and their draught mindset appeared to amusement that they inactive judge helium has a bully accidental of signing. When Pittsburgh passed connected a backmost successful the archetypal round, electing to spell with Oregon antiaircraft tackle Derrick Harmon instead, galore were shocked. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers answers questions from reporters aft an NFL shot crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, successful Jacksonville, Fla.  (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

The astonishment lone gained value erstwhile the Steelers continued to prime different positions of request for its roster different than backmost connected time two. Finally, aft Sanders was taken, the Steelers selected Ohio State’s Will Howard, a Pennsylvania native, successful the sixth round. 

Steelers proprietor Art Rooney II and caput manager Mike Tomlin person some publically shown involvement successful bringing successful the four-time MVP backmost to pb their discourtesy aft his failed tenure with the New York Jets. 

"That’s surely a possibility," Tomlin said to NFL Network astir getting a determination from Rodgers soon. "I’m not going to forecast the ifs and whens regarding not lone him, but immoderate different imaginable escaped agent. We’ve had truly productive talks with him, and I’ve enjoyed having productive talks with him and getting to cognize him."

Ultimately, it appears the determination is wholly Rodgers’ astatine this point. Retirement, overmuch similar it was erstwhile his clip with the Green Bay Packers was intelligibly up earlier the 2023 campaign, is inactive successful the cards. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers speaks astatine a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Rams successful East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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But the existent options are down to truly lone 1 squad that could usage his services for adjacent season. The Steelers did marque things enticing for Rodgers, too, bringing successful D.K. Metcalf successful a commercialized with the Seahawks to adhd to their violative firepower, which includes George Pickens, Jaylen Warren, Pat Freiermuth and rookie moving backmost Kaleb Johnson retired of Iowa. 

Other than Howard, the Steelers brought backmost Mason Rudolph and signed Skylar Thompson to capable retired its quarterbacks room. 

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