Rodgers returns to MetLife as Steelers open season against Jets

Aaron Rodgers will return to MetLife Stadium on Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers open the 2025 NFL season against the New York Jets, setting up a Week 1 matchup loaded with storylines after both teams swapped quarterbacks in the offseason. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. Eastern and the game will be televised on CBS.

Rodgers, who was released by the Jets this spring and signed with Pittsburgh on June 5, will face the club where his two-year stint featured a ruptured Achilles four plays into his debut in 2023 and a 5-12 finish in 2024. His former teammate-turned-opponent, Justin Fields, left the Steelers in free agency and signed a two-year deal with the Jets. The moves created a rare opening-week meeting that many expect to serve as a personal reckoning for both quarterbacks, but players and coaches have worked to downplay a revenge narrative.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Rodgers is experienced enough to treat the trip as a normal game, adding, Hes just been doing it for so long. Im sure hes capable of compartmentalizing that. Rodgers himself declined to take shots at his former organization, telling reporters earlier this summer, Im not going to take any shots at my...