For Aaron Rodgers, plenty of storylines will be at play during the 2025 season. One of those is against one of his former teams in the Green Bay Packers. The Steelers host the Packers on Sunday Night Football in Week 8, with Rodgers playing Green Bay for the first time since leaving. However, Rodgers apparently doesn\u2019t have Oct. 26 circled on his calendar.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is just another game,\u201d Rodgers told Sports Illustrated\u2019s Bill Huber in an article<\/a> of playing the Packers. \u201cObviously, there\u2019s energy around it kind of outside of yourself but it doesn\u2019t make or break your career. It\u2019ll be fun to beat them, for sure, because I would\u2019ve beaten every team, and because you\u2019re trying to win all your games.\u201d<\/p>\n Rodgers mentions beating every team, which would put him in rare company. If he beats the Packers, he\u2019ll be just the fifth quarterback ever<\/a> to defeat all 32 teams.<\/p>\n Green Bay isn\u2019t the only former team of Rodgers that the Steelers will play this year. In about a week and a half, Pittsburgh opens its season on the road against the New York Jets. That game should have tons of storylines itself. Rodgers and the Jets were not a good marriage, and former Steelers quarterback Justin Fields will be starting for New York.<\/p>\n Yet Rodgers downplayed that matchup<\/a> as well. His low-key mentality regarding these games is similar to the way he\u2019s approaching the 2025 season in general. Aaron Rodgers\u2019 mindset seems to have clearly shifted compared to his time in New York where he was expected to save the franchise. After tearing his Achilles four plays into that dream, it was never going to happen.<\/p>\n Now he seems to be more at peace in Pittsburgh. At least enough to treat big matchups like these the same as any other game.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no extra motivation,\u201d Rodgers said. \u201cI think that\u2019s all media narrative. I\u2019m trying to play great every game. You\u2019d love to throw four, five touchdowns every single week.\u201d<\/p>\n The Steelers will hope to come out victorious in each of these games. With the way their schedule sets up, they\u2019ll need to win both as they try to build a cushion. Pittsburgh\u2019s easiest stretch of the season is on the front half, similar to last year. The matchup against New York kicks that slate off, and after the Packers game it turns into arguably the toughest stretch<\/a> to end the season in the league. Pittsburgh needs to stack wins early, including in Week 8 against the Packers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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