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News: 2 days agoIan Rapoport of NFL Network reports that Rodgers is unlikely to return to the Steelers for 2026 after Mike Tomlin stepped down as head coach Monday.

Spin: Rodgers signed a one-year contract with the Steelers in part due to a desire of wanting to play for Tomlin. Even if Tomlin had been willing to return for 2026, Rodgers has been contemplating his retirement from the NFL, and Monday's wild-card loss to the Texans may have been the veteran quarterback's last game in the league, per Brooke Pryor and Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com. Rodgers finished the 2025 regular season having completed 65.7 percent of his passes for 3,322 yards, 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions while rushing for 61 yards and a score on 21 carries across 16 games.

ESPN Fantasy Projection: Rodgers signed with the Steelers and, though he will be the team's starter in 2025, he is unlikely to provide starting-caliber fantasy numbers, as at age 41, his high fantasy upside is a thing of the past. After posting zero weekly finishes better than ninth in his prior most recent full season (2022), he managed one finish better than eighth in 2024. He's still able to put up passing numbers (top 8 in attempts, yards and TDs last season), but is a nonfactor with his legs (107 rushing yards last season was actually his highest since 2020).�In Pittsburgh, Rodgers will be working in Arthur Smith's run-heavy scheme with a shaky supporting cast. He's well off the fantasy radar.