Aaron Rodgers agrees $25m one-year contract with Pittsburgh Steelers

Four-time Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers has agreed a new one-year contract worth up to $25m (£19.7m) to remain with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The veteran quarterback is expected to earn a base salary of around $22m, supplemented by performance-based incentives.

He has already arrived in Pennsylvania and will report to the team’s voluntary organised team activities (OTAs) on Monday.

Reunion with familiar face McCarthy

The decision secures a reunion with newly appointed Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy, who replaced Mike Tomlin earlier this year.

The pair previously spent 13 highly successful seasons together at the Green Bay Packers, establishing a formidable partnership in the NFC North.

“I don’t see why you wouldn’t [want him back],” McCarthy noted at his introductory press conference.

“I was able to sit back and watch the games, watched most of the Pittsburgh games on TV, and I thought he was a great asset for the team.”

U-turn on retirement plans

This impending agreement follows weeks of procedural manoeuvring, with the franchise placing an unrestricted free agent tender on the 42-year-old to protect their compensatory draft picks.

Pittsburgh also moved to reinforce their depth under centre by selecting Penn State prospect Drew Allar in the third round of the recent NFL Draft.

The future Hall of Famer had previously indicated that his initial 2025 campaign with the Steelers would likely be his final year in professional football.

“I played 20 fricking years, it’s been a long run and no better place to finish than in one of the cornerstone franchises of the NFL,” Rodgers stated last summer.

However, despite turning 43 in December, the prolific signal-caller revealed late last season that his body felt remarkably youthful, eventually prompting this latest contract extension.