Aaron Rodgers Reportedly Meeting With Steelers, "Likely Will Return In 2026"

0:00 Maybe the greatest quarterback of all time that's ever thrown a football.

0:03 Aaron Rodgers.

0:05 Yep.

0:05 Oh, I don't know if Aaron Rodgers could be number two there.

0:08 Yeah, I love that right there.

0:09 I don't I love Aaron, too.

0:10 He the goat.

0:11 He is not the goat.

0:13 What's going on?

0:15 [laughter]

0:15 Aaron's the goat.

0:16 Whatever it is.

0:17 Aaron's the goat and he's maybe back to lead a Super Bowl.

0:20 Okay, well,

0:21 For who?

0:23 [laughter]

0:22 Yo, I I like that.

0:23 I like that.

0:24 You know, you heard what he's been like over the last since the draft?

0:27 have it.

0:28 I have it.

0:28 Okay, since the draft, he has sat in that seat,

0:30 right there, with that microphone right in front of you,

0:32 and said, "Aaron Rodgers needs to get the hell

0:34 out of Pittsburgh." That is That is what he said.

0:36 Yes.

0:37 It's not what I said.

0:37 He has said numerous times Is he a friend of the show?

0:40 Yes, HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.

0:41 NOT ANYMORE.

0:42 LIKE LIKE you Like Like you just said,

0:44 the media construed Taken my words [laughter] and construed

0:48 them in a way I just said that, you know,

0:51 I love that he's sitting back and let Will Howard get some reps

0:54 to make him progress as a quarterback maybe the future of the Steelers.

0:58 I like that he wants to know if the refs

1:00 are going to be real refs for the season,

1:01 cuz he's the one who can back and play with Jabroni refs.

1:04 Um you know, maybe Maybe I'd like that he

1:07 was waiting for the next pandemic to come back, okay?

1:09 And he needed to come back and do that.

1:11 But, no, I mean, this guy deserved to take He's 22 years,

1:15 four-time MVP, Super Bowl winner.

1:17 He deserved to take some time, okay?

1:19 Wow.

1:19 This is unbelievable hearing this come out of your mouth.

1:22 This is crazy, isn't it, AJ?

1:24 It's like what It's like it's

1:24 a completely different person sitting over there now.

1:26 Yeah, really changed a tune, if you will.

1:29 We heard I don't know what you guys are doing, trying to do.

1:32 Sounds Sounds like you're backpedaling right now.

1:33 Feels like you're playing a little defense here.

1:35 That's You know that's not me.

1:36 And why is that?

1:37 Well, there's a lot of reports coming out of Pittsburgh, okay?

1:39 Mixed reports.

1:40 Mixed reports.

1:40 Dorin Dickerson, morning radio show,

1:42 former Pitt football player, NFL football player,

1:44 stud, legend, cool guy, Dorin Dickerson,

1:47 has stayed around Pittsburgh and does media.

1:50 He reported this morning that Aaron Rodgers was going to be

1:52 traveling to Pittsburgh to kind of get it all sorted out.

1:55 Shout out to Dorin doing that.

1:56 Shout out to 93.7 The Fan.

1:58 Used to be B94.

1:59 Yeah, sick.

2:00 B94.

2:01 Don Dave and Bubba Shelly.

2:02 They're so good.

2:03 I mean, just playing the hits.

2:05 Just top up.

2:05 Hell yeah.

2:06 Just top of all time.

2:07 Man, you know, so many good times with B94.

2:09 Now it's 93.7 The Fan because sports are

2:11 really the only thing they carry anything anymore.

2:13 Shout out to Dorin doing that.

2:14 He reported, hey, his source says found out

2:17 that Maron was coming in doing the entire deal.

2:20 Then, there was a counter report coming saying, well, if that's happening,

2:23 nobody told Steelers from Mark Kaboly,

2:25 who has been reporting for the Steelers for a long time.

2:28 He is by title our Steelers correspondent.

2:31 Yes, he is.

2:32 By title.

2:33 He is our We're in constant communication.

2:35 [laughter] We talk to him every morning.

2:37 We love Mark.

2:39 We love Mark doing his thing.

2:40 I'm pretty hands-off leader.

2:41 I'm pretty hands-off.

2:42 Mark just kind of does his thing.

2:43 I'm thankful he's still doing his thing.

2:44 He said, Steelers have no idea what you're talking about.

2:46 So, then there's a little bit of a whoa,

2:47 whoa, whoa, Aaron Rodgers stuff happening.

2:50 Then Ian Rapoport comes out and goes, actually, Aaron Rodgers,

2:54 who is expected to visit the Steelers Friday and this week,

2:56 and will likely play for them in 2026.

2:58 A deal is not done and there is always caution until things are signed,

3:01 but Rodgers' plan is to play for Pittsburgh

3:03 and these are the steps towards that end.

3:05 Okay, so that was after it was like kind of re- rebutted,

3:08 I guess, and then he comes out and says that.

3:10 What it sounds like, especially if Rapoport's reporting this, is

3:14 that Aaron's going over Pittsburgh tomorrow.

3:16 Mhm.

3:16 Sounds like he's probably doing what everybody

3:19 in the Steelers organization seemingly has expected,

3:21 which is come back and play.

3:23 And now Town Diggs, AJ, the Yinzer Steeler die-hard fan,

3:27 has to walk back everything he has said since

3:30 the draft as he was just echoing the Yinzer statement.

3:34 Well said, Patrick.

3:34 Okay, is what he was saying.

3:37 But with that being the case, it's like, Yinzers,

3:39 we're getting sick and tired of waiting around and being held hostage, I think.

3:42 That's kind of like, hey, we're the Pittsburgh Steelers here.

3:44 If this guy doesn't want to play for us, what are we doing?

3:46 Last year, he's never been in the building, never been with the guy.

3:48 Cool.

3:49 This year, he's been in the building.

3:50 He knows the head coach.

3:51 He knows a lot of the people in there.

3:53 He knows exactly what's going to be like.

3:54 We're Pittsburgh Steelers.

3:55 Can you Can you at least have a little bit of respect for who we are?

3:58 That is how Yinzers started feeling, okay?

4:00 We, I think multiple times have mentioned,

4:02 this guy's committed his whole life to football.

4:04 It's probably a pretty big-time decision on whether or not he wants to do it.

4:06 Now it sounds like we're getting closer to a resolution,

4:09 and I think Yinzers fans, just like Tone,

4:11 will do exactly what Tone did, which is like, "He was the best option all along.

4:15 We'll hire him for another year." I I think that's how it'll go.

4:17 You think Aaron understands that?

4:18 And what do you think the validity of all this is, AJ?

4:21 Yeah, I do wonder what the validity is,

4:22 and it it sounds like they whether Aaron is in town he's coming in town soon.

4:26 They They act like he's going to sign at some point here in the near future,

4:29 whatever that means.

4:30 Like near future what is that?

4:32 3 weeks?

4:32 4 weeks?

4:33 I don't know.

4:34 This weekend, yeah, who knows.

4:35 Yeah, I mean maybe, yeah.

4:36 There's There's no telling what could happen.

4:38 I would I would hate if anyone took you know,

4:40 all of Tone's takes about this are on camera and recorded somewhere.

4:44 I would hate if someone cut those together, you know,

4:45 made a little mashup of Tone flip-flopping on this whole situation.

4:49 That would That would not do well for for Tone, I feel like.

4:52 But, if Aaron comes back and he wins games,

4:54 and they take him on a deep playoff run,

4:56 no one no one cares, and none of them no one remembers this.

4:58 Big deal.

4:58 We do have to act accordingly though, and what Tone was trying to tell you,

5:02 Tyrese, about your words being taken out of context and misconstrued,

5:06 what the video that AJ is kind of encouraging somebody to put together to make,

5:10 it would not be like that at all.

5:11 No.

5:12 I mean, he was rude to Aaron Rodgers.

5:14 I mean, it was just Bar for bar.

5:15 Aaron Rodgers, why did you do that?

5:17 It was If AJ thinks that would be bad for my character,

5:19 he's got another thing coming.

5:20 That'd be great for me.

5:21 Cuz I went on this same merry-go-round last year.

5:23 I did the same hokey pokey pokey dance, okay?

5:26 Oh, really?

5:27 You're doing a polka over there?

5:28 Is that what you're doing?

5:29 was taking his time until July last year, I was doing the same thing.

5:32 If you don't want to play it for us, you don't want to play for us.

5:34 Blah blah blah blah.

5:35 Once you become Once you put your name on that line,

5:38 and you're Yeah, you're wearing black and gold, we're family, brother.

5:42 That's just how it works, [laughter] okay?

5:43 Brothers can fight.

5:44 Brothers can disagree.

5:46 Once we're on the same team, once we're fighting that same war, okay?

5:50 We're together.

5:51 You, professional athlete, need to understand that this is how some humans,

5:54 most humans probably operate actually.

5:56 We're family, brother.

5:58 Yeah.

6:00 [laughter] Aaron Rodgers makes reports he's going to Pittsburgh.

6:03 What do you know?

6:03 Have you known?

6:04 And how do you feel about it all?

6:06 This is the big story of the day.

6:07 Don't feel obligated to give a full diatribe if you've already

6:10 unloaded on this 10 times cuz this seemingly isn't everyday situation.

6:14 But now we get some news he's going this weekend allegedly.

6:17 Allegedly, and 93.7, the local radio station,

6:20 was the first to report that he was in town.

6:23 It seems like Rappaport's confirming it.

6:25 I'll tell you this, speaking of Steelers sources,

6:27 they're there for rookie mini camp today through the end of the weekend.

6:31 And there's no sign of Aaron Rodgers yet.

6:33 So, I think we've learned that we don't start pegging Aaron Rodgers as going

6:37 to do this, going to do that, until Aaron Rodgers does this or does that.

6:41 I have not been on the ground in Pittsburgh.

6:42 I have not seen him flying in, but the local

6:44 radio station and Rappaport has since confirmed it.

6:48 And it's like the Loch Ness Monster to me though.

6:50 I don't I've learned too many times until I see that guy in uniform or on site,

6:54 I'm not putting anything in ink yet.

6:56 I love it cuz remember last year there was

6:58 a disguise in a Toyota Camry or something like that.

7:02 It's the poopy rental car.

7:04 It's really something.

7:05 I mean this is sweet.

7:05 He is a one-of-one type human.

7:08 He is a one-of-one type quarterback.

7:10 And what a situation is over there in Pittsburgh.

7:12 I don't know if you heard Shrek's.

7:14 Tone Diggs has been burying Aaron Rodgers since

7:16 the draft because he talked to a bunch of people

7:17 that have kind of given him the green light to do as such as the injuries feel.

7:20 And then this morning he hears Dorin Dickerson

7:22 on B94 The Fan and he goes, "I love Aaron.

7:25 I'm so happy here." I mean completely flip-flop.

7:27 In the meantime, may may I just say um Tone,

7:32 why are you just so constantly full of LIKE [laughter] WOAH.

7:39 WILD YOU GOT A POINT.

7:42 And an ALS shirt, incredible.

7:44 Now he pivots to something else.

7:47 This guy in the cowboy hat never stops lying.

7:49 kind of in the water where we're from and then

7:52 I'm just naturally a spineless chameleon who will [laughter]

7:56 help you and say whatever whatever is best for me.

7:59 He became a cowboy because he got COVID which who knows what's next potentially.

8:04 He went into a COVID hole isolation.

8:06 He watched Kevin Costner be a cowboy in Montana.

8:09 He came out on the other side [clears throat] and showed up at work

8:11 in a cowboy hat and we've literally never seen him in anything else since then.

8:14 So when you talk about kind of going with the wind,

8:17 Tone is that but he was a good indicator of how

8:18 Pittsburgh felt about Aaron though I think cuz we talked

8:21 to a lot of people that are kind of sick of the waiting

8:23 and allegedly that's going to end this weekend via mixed reports.

8:27 It better.

8:28 But now he's now he's family.

8:29 Now he's family so it's all good.

8:31 Yeah, Jet.

8:31 I mean what what don't you understand?

8:33 [laughter] Just like Rapolla at the Kentucky Derby.

8:34 Hey, I said a lot of bad things about you, okay?

8:37 We're family now.

8:38 Family won today.

8:39 That's what Tone's doing to Aaron.

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