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Aaron Rodgers says he plans to retire from the NFL as a Green Bay Packer ahead of his homecoming game as the Steelers starting quarterback.
“Feel so good about my time there because damn near everything great in my life is because of my football career, and my football career starts, and will end one day, with Green Bay,” Rodgers said, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com. “So got a lot of love for all those memories.”
Aaron Rodgers turns 42 years old in December and is playing on a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but that reportedly doesn't mean he is guaranteed to retire after the 2025 campaign.
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‘What have I got to avenge here?’: Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers speaks to Green Bay media ahead of anticipated matchup
It’s probably a weird feeling to see the four-time AP NFL MVP speak to Green Bay media members on Zoom while decked out in black and gold, even nearly three years after his most recent snaps at Lambeau Field.
But there was offensive lineman Broderick Jones, who was so excited at Rodgers tossing a touchdown in the fourth quarter that he tackled the elderly QB. Rodgers' reaction? Totally understandable. He was SO MAD and lip-readers think he cursed at him, something like, "GET THE [EXPLETIVE] OFF ME!"
Trailing 33-31 with three seconds remaining and sitting 60 yards from the end zone, Mike Tomlin dialed up a Hail Mary and Rodgers uncorked a bomb. It would eventually fall incomplete after traveling 69.8 yards in the air, which is the longest pass since at least 2017 per Next Gen Stats.
The showdown between the NFL's two oldest active quarterbacks on Thursday Night Football had everyone hyped, including Pro Football Hall of Famer and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders.