{"id":14609,"date":"2026-05-21T03:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/aaron-rodgers-confirms-retirement-after-signing-one-year-deal-with-the-steelers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T03:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:52:46","slug":"aaron-rodgers-confirms-retirement-after-signing-one-year-deal-with-the-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/aaron-rodgers-confirms-retirement-after-signing-one-year-deal-with-the-steelers\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers Confirms Retirement After Signing One\u2011Year Deal with the Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a storied 17\u2011year career that saw Aaron Rodgers become one of the NFL\u2019s most celebrated quarterbacks, the 42\u2011year\u2011old announced that he will retire after a single season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-final-season-in-the-making\">A Final Season in the Making<\/h2>\n<p>On May 16, Rodgers inked a one\u2011year contract with the Steelers worth up to $25\u202fmillion, a deal that would give him the chance to finish his career in a city that has long been a favorite of his.  The announcement came after a brief period of uncertainty, but the former Green Bay Packers star has made it clear that this is the last chapter of his playing days.  He told reporters on May 20 that the decision was final: \u201cYes. This is it,\u201d he said, a statement that resonated with fans who have followed his journey from a rookie in 2005 to a four\u2011time NFL MVP.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-decision-to-come-back\">The Decision to Come Back<\/h2>\n<p>Rodgers admitted that he was initially unsure whether he would return to the NFL.  He cited \u201csome doubt\u201d about the idea of playing again, especially after a season of rest and recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a storied 17\u2011year career that saw Aaron Rodgers become one of the NFL\u2019s most celebrated quarterbacks, the 42\u2011year\u2011old announced that he will retire after a single season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. A Final Season in the Making On May 16, Rodgers inked a one\u2011year contract with the Steelers&#8230;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}