Aaron Rogers meets with Pittsberg Steelers, says AP Source – WPLG Local 10

Aaron Rogers may still want to play football. He can even do it in Pittsburgh.

The four -time NFL MVP met Stealers on Friday, a person with a knowledge of the visit to the Associated Press said. The person speaks to the AP on condition of anonymity as the meeting was not publicly announced.

Pittsburgh is currently opening in a defender. Justin Fields, who, along with Russell Wilson, led Steelers to a record of 10-7 and a playoff place last season, signed with Jets last week. Wilson is a free agent, but he seems to be part of Pittsburgh’s plans for 2025. Steelers signed the veteran reserve Freemason Rudolf on a two-year deal earlier this week, but still has enough space in the list for another hand or two.

The 41-year-old Rogers seems to be in no hurry to make a decision. He recently spent time in California, trying to find out if he wanted to return for Season 21st.

Rogers’ methodical approach does not sit well with the long -standing Defense Captain of Steelers Cam Hayward. The four-time All-Pro expressed powerlessness to its podcast earlier this week.

“Either you want to be Pittsburgh Stealer, or you don’t, it’s so simple,” Heyard said. “This is the terrain. If you want to rent, it’s dialing the terrain. Pittsburg Stealers. If you want to be part of it, so be it. If you don’t, there is no skin from my back.”

Rogers may strive to end his career on a more elaborate note after two turbulent seasons in New York.

Torn, he left Achilles tendon a handful of clicking in his first Jets game in 2023. He ended his season. He returned last fall at 40 and threw 28 passes and 11 intercepts, but also courted the drama regularly outside the field, while the jets went 5-12.

Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin has long admired Rogers, who led Green Bay Packers to win over Tomlin and Steelers in Super Bowl after the 2010 season. The two had a handful To be able to catch Pittsburgh with 12 men on the pitch while blowing Steelers on the jets.

Pittsburgh has been trying to get out for a decade of being pretty good, but never great as it strung together a winning season after a winning season, followed by fast outputs in the playoffs.

The Steelers Room in the revolving door had a rotating door since Ben Roetlisberger retired after the 2021 season, which started the start in September 1 in September, will be the fifth starter of the team in an opener for so many years after Rothlisberger, Mitch Trubisky, Kenny Picket and Fields.

A year after Steelers signed Wilson to the cheap after his unmistrial exit from Denver, they could take another flyer to a player with a summary of the hall of fame, but a lot of luggage.

Rogers was traded on Jets in April 2023 after 18 seasons with Packers – who wanted to help the franchise stop the Super Bowl land, which dates back to Joe Night’s glory and the 1968 season.

Rogers ended his mandate with Jets with six wins – including the victory he was injured – at 18 starts. His 28 passes and 3,897 yards last year, both ranked third in a season in franchise history. But he lacked some mobility at the beginning of his return and then dealt with a few additional injuries to the legs, including the knee disease that struck him.

If Rogers chose Pittsburgh, he could play behind an offensive line that had problems with Wilson’s defense at the end of the 2024 season, as Stealers dropped out his last five games, including the loss of Baltimore blowing in the opening round of the playoffs.

Whoever is the defender will not miss a weapon. Steelers traded for a two -time Pro Bowl DK Metcalf receiver and signed it on a five -year contract. George Pickens is one of the more talented PAS caught in the League, although he also made titles for frivolous behavior on both the field and the media, and his future in Pittsburgh is uncertain when he entered the last year of his rookie deal.

Throw in a constant narrow near Pat Freemouth and the running tandem of Jelan Warren and the newly signed Kenneth Gawell, and Steelers have some intriguing pieces and a sense of urgency with Hayward in dusk and external leader TJ Watt at the back of his prime minister.

Rogers Prime Minister has long been gone. Still, with the 21st choice in the drainage of the defender’s talent and with not much available on the open market, Steelers can decide that Rogers has enough to keep them competitive, while the franchise seems to be 2026 for the stability of the most visible position on the terrain.

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AP Pro football writer Dennis Vasak, Jr., has contributed to this report.

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