Joining a new NFL team isn’t the only change Aaron Rodgers is making for 2025. According to PFT’s Mike Florio, Rodgers may not be a regular Tuesday guest on the Pat McAfee Show.
“There has been some talk that he’s not going to do the McAfee show this year,” [Florio said on Pro Football Talk Thursday.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyj-Rt_Ckns) “He wasn’t on the show this week, Tuesday. We’ll see. There’s been some chatter he may not do it.”
That news hasn’t been confirmed by McAfee or Rodgers. The last mention of it came during training camp when Rodgers said, perhaps jokingly, that Steelers’ Director of Communications Burt Lauten would have to make the call if Rodgers would appear on McAfee’s show. Rodgers made a couple of appearances during the offseason, joining the show in March [to dispel what he coined as “bullshit” free agency rumors.](https://x.com/Steelersdepot/status/1963658291428610505) He again joined the show again in June after signing with Pittsburgh and once more during training camp when McAfee aired a live show from Saint Vincent College.
Florio pointed out that Rodgers did not appear on the Tuesday show this week, though we’ll have to confirm if Rodgers also skipped Week One last year during his second season with the New York Jets.
For the past several seasons, Rodgers has been a weekly Tuesday guest around 1 PM/EST to spend roughly an hour with McAfee. It led to candid thoughts on football that often strayed into politics and pop culture. With Tuesday the Steelers’ weekly off day, it made sense for Rodgers to join again.
It seems doubtful, though not guaranteed, that the Steelers are barring Rodgers from joining. Over the years, Mike Tomlin has made clear his decision to give players freedom to express themselves and nearly half the roster has a podcast. But in what could be his final NFL season, perhaps Rodgers is focusing fully on football. Or perhaps he’s opting against a weekly McAfee chat to keep his year in Pittsburgh as in-house as possible as a nod of respect to the generally closely-guarded Steelers. If there’s no official word this week, Rodgers decision will be uncovered next Tuesday as the NFL regular season gets underway.