Steelers New QB Aaron Rodgers Sets Date for First Press Conference originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The drama is over, and Aaron Rodgers is finally … and officially … a Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback.
On Thursday, Rodgers revealed he had agreed to a one-year contract with Pittsburgh. Then on Saturday, the four-time NFL MVP officially signed his contract with the Steelers.
#Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers will address the media on Tuesday afternoon following the team’s first minicamp practice. https://t.co/YEVcwYx5pc
— Burt Lauten (@SteelersPRBurt) June 7, 2025
“#Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers will address the media on Tuesday afternoon following the team’s first minicamp practice,” Steelers senior director of communications Burt Lauten posted on X.
The press conference will be the culmination of months of speculation and guesswork by reporters, insiders and fans. Rodgers was linked to the Steelers since the New York Jets announced he’d be a post-June 1 release in mid-March.
He was also briefly tied to the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, but it seems like the Steelers rumors were always the strongest.
The four-time league MVP and 10-time Pro Bowler will finally talk to the media on Tuesday, and the question and answer part of that should be pure gold.
For some, Rodgers’ arrival means everything. 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.
As I wrote after the announcement that he’d officially be a Steeler, he struggled mightily last year in New York and posted very un-Rodgerslike numbers.
“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,” I wrote on June 5. “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.
“His five wins last season are his lowest win total since 2017, when he played just seven games for Green Bay and posted a 4-3 mark. Rodgers’ previous low win total was six, which he posted three times since taking over as the Packers’ starting quarterback in 2008.”
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 7, 2025, where it first appeared.