Aaron Rodgers has still not yet clarified whether he will play during the 2025 NFL season, even amid his strong connection to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Pittsburgh appears to still be in a holding pattern six weeks later. Rooney echoed his patient approach when asked about the team’s pursuit of Rodgers as this week’s NFL owners meetings in Minneapolis.
‘A little while longer,’ Rooney said, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. ‘I’ll say the same thing.’
Rooney did not provide further information about the state of the Steelers’ discussions with Rodgers. In April, the Steelers owner had expressed confidence the 41-year-old would eventually sign with the team.
‘We keep getting positive sort of signals about it,’ Rooney said at the NFL’s annual meeting, per ESPN’s Brooke Pryor. ‘So yeah, I’d say we feel pretty good about it at this point.’
The Steelers presently have three quarterbacks on their roster, none of whom were with the team in 2024. Mason Rudolph, who spent six seasons with the Steelers before playing for the Tennessee Titans last season, currently tops the team’s depth chart ahead of sixth-round rookie Will Howard and former Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson.
Pittsburgh’s general manager Omar Khan made it clear the Steelers will carry four quarterbacks into training camp, so the team will likely sign another signal-caller soon. It’s just a matter of whether it will be Rodgers or someone else.