Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard the news that 10-time Pro Bowler and four-time NFL MVP, Aaron Rodgers, will suit up for the Pittsburgh Steelers next season.
It was a long and arduous process, but Rodgers finally agreed to a one-year, $13.65 million contract with $10 million guaranteed.
One Steelers legend, four-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion linebacker Joey Porter Sr., couldn't be happier that Rodgers is in town.
“Man, me being honest, I was excited,” Porter said. “I got to play against Aaron Rodgers and watch Aaron Rodgers do his thing. I feel like he got a lot of juice left in the arm. … He’s not a guy that is going to go out there and trick it off. He ain’t going to put us in bad situations. We ain’t asking him to save us — we ask him not to lose the four games that we lose every year that we’re not supposed to lose.”
Porter Sr. outlined his experience playing against Rodgers on the Not Just Football with Cam Heyward podcast.
The question, though, is, which version of Rodgers will the Steelers get?
Porter Sr. played against the Rodgers who was winning league MVPs and throwing for 40 touchdowns each season. That's not the player who took the field last year for the New York Jets.
Rodgers, who turns 42 in December, led the Jets to a 5-12 mark in his only full season in New York. Don't forget (Jets fans won't) that he missed all but four plays of the 2023 campaign after rupturing his Achilles on the first drive of the first game after joining the team two offseasons ago.
Last season should be one to forget for Rodgers. He finished below the league average in passer rating - a stat of which he's the all-time career leader, and 31st in the league in QBR - behind names like Aidan O'Connell and Kirk Cousins.
His five wins last season are his lowest win total since 2017, when he played just seven games for Green Bay and posted a 4-3 mark.
Rodgers' previous low win total was six, which he posted three times since taking over as the Packers' starting quarterback in 2008.
Which Rodgers will Pittsburgh get in 2025? It shouldn't take long to find out.