Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin doesn’t think Aaron Rodgers is going anywhere.
The Steelers’ quarterback plans for next season remained in limbo before the NFL draft, and not much has changed since. Rodgers has yet to confirm whether he’ll return to Pittsburgh next season or finally hang up his cleats for good.
Tomlin, who coached Rodgers during the 2025 season, believes he knows what’s going through his former QB1’s head. During his first appearance as an analyst on NBC, Tomlin was asked who he believes would be the Steelers’ starting quarterback once the season rolls around.
“Man, if you’ve got a gun to my head, I’d say it’s A.R.,” Tomlin told Maria Taylor. “I just think being around him for 12 months, he’s got a love affair with the game of football. And not only the game, but the process.
“The informal moments of the development of younger guys, the interaction with teammates — I think he has an addiction to that, and there’s only one way to feed it. And certainly, he’s still capable and in really good shape. I think at the end of the day, he’ll play football.”
Rodgers has been in the NFL for over two decades and has been widely revered as one of the league’s most talented players for most of that time. Going from being “the man” for all those years to the next retired player to appear as an analyst for the NFL Network is an adjustment he may not be ready to make.
