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Aaron Rodgers is officially a Pittsburgh Steeler.

The 41-year-old quarterback has passed his physical and signed a one-year, $13.65 million contract with $10 million guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The deal, which includes performance incentives, can go as high as $19.5 million.


  Aaron Rodgers played the last two seasons with the Jets. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Aaron Rodgers played the last two seasons with the Jets. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

  Aaron Rodgers at the Steelers’ facility. WTAE Aaron Rodgers at the Steelers’ facility. WTAE

  Aaron Rodgers at the Steelers’ facility. WTAE Aaron Rodgers at the Steelers’ facility. WTAE

The signing of the deal means Rodgers, who was seen walking into the team’s facility Saturday in video from WTAE, is under contract before the Steelers start the first day of their mandatory minicamp Tuesday.

The four-time MVP formally putting pen to paper closes a long free agency saga that started in earnest in February when the Jets’ new regime made their breakup with the future Hall of Famer official.

It closed the book on Rodgers’ New York tenure, which included just one full season after he tore his Achilles four plays into the 2023 campaign.

With expectations sky-high in 2024, Rodgers put up respectable stats (3,897, 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions), but he and the Jets were not consistent enough as they finished 5-12 and in third place in the AFC East.

As possible options like the Giants (Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston, Jaxson Dart) and the Vikings (J.J. McCarthy) firmed up their plans at quarterback, the Steelers felt like the inevitable landing spot for Rodgers, even as things dragged out into June.


  Aaron Rodgers joins a Steelers team that made the playoffs last year. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con Aaron Rodgers joins a Steelers team that made the playoffs last year. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

Earlier in the offseason, Rodgers alluded to someone in his personal life dealing with “difficult stuff” before saying on Joe Rogan’s podcast in May that “I’ve been in the weeds with these people who are close to me that have cancer.”

“I am trying to be open to everything and not specifically attached to anything when it comes to this decision,” Rodgers added. “I’m just going through a lot in my personal life that has to take precedent at this point.”

Rodgers joins a Steelers team that was led by Justin Fields and Wilson last year and made the playoffs as a wild-card entrant before getting bounced in the first round by the rival Ravens.

Pittsburgh has been remarkably consistent since Mike Tomlin took over in 2007 and has not once finished with a record under .500.

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