Overview

• On Cam Heyward’s podcast, DK Metcalf said “maybe we can run it back,” and Aaron Rodgers answered “Maybe,” easing his earlier final-season framing.
• Rodgers had previously told The Pat McAfee Show he was “pretty sure” 2025 would be his last year.
• First-round defensive tackle Derrick Harmon, initially believed to face a 4–6 week recovery for an MCL sprain, is not expected to go on IR and could miss only one game, per insider Gerry Dulac.
• Pittsburgh assembled a win-now roster with Rodgers, Metcalf, Jalen Ramsey and Jonnu Smith, alongside a long-term extension for T.J. Watt.
• Rodgers and Metcalf did not play in the preseason as the Steelers gear up for their Sept. 7 opener at the Jets.