Aaron Rodgers May Join the Likes Of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Other Elite QBs In 2025 Season

Robert Gullo | 09/06/2025
Aaron Rodgers

The wait game is over. Aaron Rodgers is officially the Pittsburgh Steelers’ newest quarterback. The 41-year-old Super Bowl-winning quarterback officially signed a one-year $13.6 million deal with the Steelers on Saturday, with the intention of him starting for the Steelers this season.

Rodgers is now on his third NFL team, having spent the past two seasons with the New York Jets after a legendary 18-year run with the Green Bay Packers from 2005 to 2022. He arrives in Pittsburgh looking for redemption after a rough stint in New York. His 2023 campaign was derailed almost immediately by a torn Achilles on the opening drive of the season, and he followed it up with a disappointing 5-12 record as the Jets’ starter last year. With a new regime in place, the team chose to move on from the aging quarterback.

Now in Pittsburgh, Rodgers will get the rare opportunity to face off against his former teams in the same season. The Steelers open the year on the road against the Jets at MetLife Stadium, with kickoff set for 1:00 p.m.—a true revenge game to start his Steelers chapter. Later, in Week 8, Rodgers and the Steelers will host the Green Bay Packers, offering him a shot at a full-circle moment against the franchise that drafted him.

While the matchup with the Jets has been billed as the bigger revenge game, a win over the Packers would carry far more weight for Rodgers’ legacy. Remarkably, in his 20-year NFL career, the only team Rodgers has never beaten is the Green Bay Packers.

Rodgers can become the fifth quarterback in NFL history to earn a win against all 32 franchises if he and the Steelers beat the Packers this season.

If Rodgers is victorious against the Packers in Week 8, he will join elite company as Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees are the four quarterbacks in NFL history to earn a win against every single team. Favre and Manning are already in the Hall of Fame, and Brady and Brees will be inducted pretty soon.

While Rodgers is already viewed as a lock to be a future Hall of Famer, this accomplishment would add to his impressive resume and legacy.

Playing the Minnesota Vikings in Week 4, the Chicago Bears in Week 12, and the Detroit Lions in Week 16, Rodgers will get one more crack at beating the division opponents he beat up most of his career when he was in the NFC North with the Packers.

There is always a chance Rodgers will get a shot at the milestone next season, too, but that seems way less likely. Who knows if Rodgers plays past this upcoming season, and there’s a chance the Steelers (or whatever team he’s on next season) won’t play Green Bay next year.

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Robert Gullio

Robert Gullo

Rob is an NFL Journalist for The SportsRush. He was a University of Central Connecticut State University graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in sports journalism. Rob has followed football ever since he was old enough to understand the game and is a Jacksonville Jaguars fan. Rob has written over 4,000 NFL articles and has interviewed many athletes in his career such as: Tyreek Hill, Will Levis, Byron Jones, Adam Thielen, Isiah Pacheco, Caitlin Clark, and many other professional athletes. Outside of The SportsRush, Rob is involved with other sports at the high school and college level, serving as the reporter/editor of the New Britain Herald newspaper in New Britain, Connecticut. Outside of sports, Rob likes to hike, travel, work out, remain active, and hang out with friends.

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