Packers Legend Rodgers Faces Former Team in Emotional Homecoming

On October 26, 2025, NFL veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers will lead the Pittsburgh Steelers against his former team, the Green Bay Packers, in a highly anticipated matchup. Rodgers, who spent the first 18 seasons of his career with the Packers, says he plans to retire as a member of the team that "made him a ton of money" and where he experienced "some of the best years" of his life.

Despite his current role with the Steelers, for whom he signed a one-year, $13.65 million contract in the offseason, Rodgers maintains a deep affection for the Packers organization. He won Super Bowl XLV with the team in 2011 and was named the game's MVP. Rodgers has teased the possibility of retiring at the end of this season, but it remains unclear if he will actually step away from the NFL or continue playing.

Rodgers' situation is reminiscent of that of another longtime Packers quarterback, Brett Favre, who finished his career with another team before being welcomed back by the Packers and inducted into their Hall of Fame. Rodgers hopes to receive a similar homecoming, as he says the game against the Packers would "mean a lot more" if it were played at Lambeau Field, the "hallowed ground" where he made so many cherished memories.