Mike McCarthy Takes Over Steelers, Reuniting With 22nd-Season Aaron Rodgers
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Updated · NFL.com · Jul 5
Mike McCarthy Takes Over Steelers, Reuniting With 22nd-Season Aaron Rodgers
3 articles · Updated · NFL.com · Jul 5
Summary
62-year-old Mike McCarthy has succeeded Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh, bringing back an offense Aaron Rodgers says still feels familiar after their 13 seasons together in Green Bay.
11 top-10 finishes in yards and 12 in points over McCarthy's 18 head-coaching seasons underpin the hire as Pittsburgh tries to fix an attack that ranked 16th in scoring in 2025.
Rodgers, entering his 22nd and apparently final NFL season, will work with a reshaped receiving group that now includes trade addition Michael Pittman alongside DK Metcalf and rookie Germie Bernard.
The reunion is aimed at ending a longer slide: Pittsburgh has gone six straight seasons outside the top 10 in scoring and has not won a playoff game since 2016.