The most important “will he or will not he” saga of the NFL offseason concluded when quarterback Aaron Rodgers signed a team-friendly contract to hitch the Pittsburgh Steelers in time to take part of their three-day necessary minicamp that kicked off on Tuesday.
Rodgers has seemingly impressed his new teammates and coaches in his transient time as a member of the group.
For a chunk revealed Thursday, Brooke Pryor of ESPN famous that Rodgers requested Steelers quarterbacks coach Tom Arth to have the playbook printed out so the long run Corridor of Famer may take notes. Administrative assistant Chrissy Bulger obliged and likewise “included a pouch of pencils, erasers and highlighters” in a binder introduced to Rodgers throughout minicamp.
“After the assembly, Aaron got here and requested, ‘Did you say Chrissy put this collectively?'” Arth defined this week. “He went over and first he thanked her for placing all of it collectively, and he gave her again the pencils and the pen and the highlighters and stated, ‘I already purchased my very own. And I do not need you to need to order any extra.’ It was only a very considerate method to introduce himself to Chrissy and begin constructing that relationship. That positively stood out to me.”
Analysts and even some former Steelers players ripped Rodgers for skipping a majority of springtime exercises when it appeared apparent to outsiders that the 41-year-old was at all times going to function Pittsburgh’s 2025 Week 1 QB1. Numerous teammates have spoken extremely of Rodgers since he put pen to paper on his deal that made him Pittsburgh’s starter and a mentor for rookie signal-caller Will Howard.
“You’ll assume he is this big-time well-known man — all people is aware of Aaron Rodgers, however he is tremendous down-to-earth and under no circumstances what you’ll anticipate,” Howard stated. “And simply tremendous personable within the final day that I have been speaking to him.”
Rodgers allegedly did not at all times have the perfect of relationships with youthful teammates over the ultimate few seasons of his Inexperienced Bay Packers tenure and when he was with the New York Jets throughout the previous two campaigns. It stays to be seen how Steelers gamers will view Rodgers come February 2026, however it seems that he handed his first assessments as a member of the storied franchise.
