Rob Gregson talks about a recent report from Ian Rapoport that indicates that Aaron Rodgers is virtually guaranteed to be playing NFL football next season, with the Pittsburgh Steelers as the most likely destination.
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00:00To this point, the Pittsburgh Sears have outlasted the competition with Aaron Rodgers.
00:05Whether it was the Minnesota Vikings, the New York Giants, or someone else,
00:09if Rodgers wants to play in 2025, it's going to be in Pittsburgh.
00:12But there's been one choice, one decision from Rodgers that's been lurking all offseason,
00:18yet according to Ian Rappaport, it seems very unlikely.
00:25Hey everyone, Rob Grex of A to Z Sports Pittsburgh,
00:28and today, we're going to talk about the likelihood that Aaron Rodgers calls it a quits and retires.
00:34That's right, according to Ian Rappaport of NFL Network,
00:38that proposition seems very unlikely for Aaron Rodgers at this point.
00:42And honestly, in my opinion, it was always unlikely.
00:46Of course, it's Aaron Rodgers. He's an enigma.
00:48We don't know what he's going to do on a daily basis.
00:51Nobody that you talk to can get a good read on what he's thinking.
00:56However, do we really think that a quarterback as decorated as Aaron Rodgers with a Super Bowl,
01:04with four MVPs, was going to go out and just call it a quits after the last two years with the New York Jets?
01:11Do we really think that a quarterback that has an attention for the spotlight,
01:16that craves the media always talking about him the way that Aaron Rodgers does,
01:21that he was just going to up and say,
01:24I'm done. I don't want to play anymore.
01:27Would a quarterback who isn't planning on playing next season
01:31be working out and throwing in the middle of March with Steelers star wide receivers?
01:37I think that the writing has been on the wall the whole time.
01:40Sure, maybe he didn't want to initially play for the Steelers.
01:43Maybe he initially didn't want to play for the Minnesota Vikings,
01:46or for the Giants, or for the Jets. Maybe he had other plans. That's fine.
01:50But this idea that Aaron Rodgers was just going to put his cleats up and call it a career and say,
01:57I'm done. After tearing his Achilles in his first year with the Jets,
02:02then coming back and just having a disastrous season that saw his head coach get fired,
02:07and basically the whole regime overthrown in New York,
02:10did we really think that was going to be his last season in the NFL?
02:14So, that was never really going to be the case.
02:17And this report from Ian Rappaport all but confirms it.
02:21Rodgers wouldn't be spending six hours on a Friday with the Pittsburgh Steelers brass
02:26and throwing with their newly acquired star wide receiver
02:30if he didn't have an interest in returning and, quite frankly, playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
02:35So, what's taking so long? What's the holdup?
02:39That's the part that nobody knows.
02:41That's the enigma part. That's the different cat, walks to the beat of his own drum.
02:45All these cliches and analogies that you hear to describe Aaron Rodgers,
02:49that's what the holdup is.
02:51But, as far as him playing again,
02:54it seems cut and dry that Aaron Rodgers will be back in 2025,
02:58and it's looking more and more likely to be as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers.