Aaron Rodgers was a possibility for NFC contender and it isn't the Vikings

After months of speculation, nan Pittsburgh Steelers officially signed Aaron Rodgers to a one-year, $13.65 cardinal statement pinch a $3.65 cardinal salary, a $10 cardinal signing prize and incentives that could bring it up to $19.5 million.

Rodgers will been nan team's starting backmost successful 2025, replacing Mason Rudolph atop nan extent floor plan aft they signed nan seasoned to primitively return Russell Wilson's spot aft he signed pinch nan New York Giants successful free agency.

At 41, Rodgers is by nan acold nan astir successful backmost nan Steelers person had since Ben Roethlisberger retired aft nan 2021 season. He joins nan squad pinch a Super Bowl win, Super Bowl MVP, 4 NFL MVPs, 10 Pro Bowls and 5 All-Pro selections connected his resume.

While Pittsburgh is gladsome to person Rodgers connected their team, location was apparently different NFL squad (besides nan Minnesota Vikings) that considered signing nan erstwhile first-round prime this offseason, as 

"Our first priority, which was consistently communicated was, hey, let's activity thing retired pinch Matt [Stafford]. We were very fortunate that it worked retired that way. If that wasn't capable to occur, past [signing Rodgers] was decidedly a speech and a anticipation for us," Los Angeles Rams caput coach Sean McVay shared connected "Good Morning Football" connected Wednesday. "I person a ton of respect for nan assemblage of work, and I've gotten to cognize Aaron, and I've really enjoyed nan conversations, nan attack and nan measurement that he thinks astir nan crippled and life. So, that was a possibility, but our first privilege was ever to get Matthew back."

Stafford led nan Rams to an NFC West title past play while completing 65.8% of his passes for 3,762 yards, 20 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, but he was group to participate nan last twelvemonth of his woody successful 2025, truthful nan squad primitively gave him support to activity a trade.

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Los Angeles and Stafford yet agreed to a renegotiated two-year statement worthy $80 cardinal successful caller money and gave him $40 cardinal guaranteed astatine signing, per Over nan Cap.

That move allowed nan Rams to walk connected Rodgers and gave him nan expertise to autumn successful Pittsburgh's thigh months aft nan commencement of nan caller convention year.

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