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The Pittsburgh Steelers have been waiting on a decision from four-time league MVP Aaron Rodgers for nearly two months, and according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, it’s getting down the wire for Rodgers. He has to sign with Pittsburgh, or at least give the Steelers an answer on his plans in the coming weeks.
“I think the Steelers’ mandatory minicamp is next month, I forget the dates, but roughly June 10th,” Schefter said of Rodgers’ looming decision on Unsportsmanlike. “I think we should a decision from Aaron Rodgers shortly before then about whether or not he should play. To me, you can’t miss mandatory minicamp when you’re starting to gear up. I guess you can, but it’s not ideal.”
On Monday, NFL analyst Gregg Rosenthal appeared on The Ross Tucker Football Podcast, where Tucker openly criticized the Steelers’ handling of the situation.
“If for some reason he [Rodgers] chooses not to go there, that’s also great because the Steelers have mismanaged this situation worse than any NFL team could,” Rosenthal said.
Despite the fact that the start of OTAs is now just two weeks away, the Steelers have still not given Rodgers a deadline on when they feel he must sign a contract before they’ll consider other options, and it doesn’t seem likely that they will.
“We keep hearing that he’s, I guess, headed in our direction, and so that seems to indicate that all signs are positive so far,” Steelers president Art Rooney II said at the 2025 NFL owners meetings in Palm Beach, Fla. in March.
Many speculated that even if the Steelers signed Rodgers, they would still draft a quarterback early. However, the Steelers waited until the sixth round to take Ohio State’s Will Howard in the 2025 NFL Draft, a move that suggested they were comfortable with a low-risk, developmental project, reinforcing the belief that Rodgers was expected to come on board.
However as time has dragged on, no deal has been signed. Fans and analysts alike are beginning to question what exactly is happening.
Perhaps, the never-ending Rodgers saga comes to a conclusion in the next few weeks. It wouldn’t be surprising if it continues to drag on throughout the summer, however.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Insider Reveals Timeline on Aaron Rodgers’ Looming Decision with Steelers
