Best Steelers QB options: 6 targets to replace Aaron Rodgers in 2026, from Kyler Murray to Malik Willis originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Pittsburgh Steelers knew the Aaron Rodgers experiment would be a fairly short one, regardless of how well it turned out.

When the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Aaron Rodgers to a one-year deal in June, it was to have him under center in moments like Sunday night. The Steelers were playing a division rival in primetime with a playoff berth on the line,

It's not hyperbole to say that if the Pittsburgh Steelers lost the game on Sunday night against the Baltimore Ravens, the franchise could have changed forever. If Tyler Loop nails that field goal, there's a shot that after nearly two decades, Mike Tomlin and the Steelers go their separate ways, and Aaron Rodgers hangs up his cleats.

Rodgers finished that game completing 20 of 29 passes, threw for 225 yards, had zero total touchdowns, and was taken down for a gruesome five sacks that combined for his last playoff outing as a Packer, and a game that many, in his position, would likely want to forget.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers achieved the team's vision and won the organization's first AFC North title since 2020.

Mike Tomlin and Aaron Rodgers led the Steelers to their first AFC North title since 2020. Joe Sargent / PITTSBURGH — Cigar smoke wafted through the air and the thumping beat of a bass drum reverberated through the locker room.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are clearly leaning one way in regards to a decision on bringing coach Mike Tomlin back for his 20th year.