Pittsburgh Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers Can Make NFL History with Week 8 Win originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The NFL scheduling Gods smiled on us and we didn’t even know it. When the 2025 NFL schedule came out, we all noticed the Week 1 matchup with the New York Jets.
That, of course, will pit Aaron Rodgers and Justin Fields against their old teams. We call that revenge week for each quarterback. But that’s not the most interesting matchup on the calendar next year.
That will come in Week 8 when Rodgers faces his old team, the Green Bay Packers at Acrisure Stadium, on Sunday Night Football.
With a win, Rodgers will become just the fifth quarterback ever to beat all 32 teams. He’ll join Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees. That’s pretty good company, but we already know Rodgers’ resume.
The achievement will ultimately be just a footnote on his Hall of Fame resume.
In what could be his last season under center, he’ll have the unique opportunity to beat both his former teams. And while we have no idea how the Pittsburgh 2025 season will go, those might be two of the biggest highlight games for the Steelers.
Some pundits have the Steelers poised for a Super Bowl run in 2025. To others, it could mean more of the same. Another disappointing end to the postseason, or worse, no playoff appearance at all.
Inside the NFL’s Mina Kimes believes even with the addition of Rodgers, there are still questions on offense, namely, the rushing attack.
“None of this will work, even if Rogers does buy in, which I’m skeptical of. None of it will work, regardless of what the offense looks like, if they can’t run the football better than they did last year. And that’s something that they’ve invested in,” Kimes said.
Rodgers, who turns 42 in December, led the Jets to a 5-12 mark in his only full season in New York. Don’t forget (Jets fans won’t) that he missed all but four plays of the 2023 campaign after rupturing his Achilles on the first drive of the first game after joining the team two offseasons ago.
Last season should be one to forget for Rodgers. He finished below the league average in passer rating – a stat of which he’s the all-time career leader, and 31st in the league in QBR – behind names like Aidan O’Connell and Kirk Cousins.
What version of Rodgers will the Steelers get?
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 9, 2025, where it first appeared.