{"id":1127877,"date":"2026-01-10T18:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1127877"},"modified":"2026-01-10T18:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:40:48","slug":"steelers-expected-to-welcome-back-aaron-rodgers-next-year-if-he-decides-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/steelers-expected-to-welcome-back-aaron-rodgers-next-year-if-he-decides-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers expected to welcome back Aaron Rodgers next year if he decides to play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) throws a pass during the second half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Terrance Williams)<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-credit\">ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/div>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers will welcome back quarterback Aaron Rodgers if he decides to play next season, according to NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Rodgers&#8217; first season with the Steelers, he led them to a 10-7 record and an AFC North Championship. The Steelers will take on the Houston Texans on Monday in the wild-card round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This story will continue to be updated.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/breaking-news\/article\/steelers-expected-to-welcome-back-aaron-rodgers-next-year-if-he-decides-to-play-184048605.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/breaking-news\/article\/steelers-expected-to-welcome-back-aaron-rodgers-next-year-if-he-decides-to-play-184048605.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) throws a pass during the second half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Jan. 4,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1127878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1127878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}