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After the Pittsburgh Steelers won the AFC North, NFL Films cameras captured Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin thanking each other for the quarterback who joined the Steelers in his 21st season.
It’s clear that Rodgers has enjoyed his time in Pittsburgh – after making the playoffs himself for the first time in four years, how could he not?
Rodgers was asked what he liked about the Steelers organization, and he took a not-so-subtle shot at his last team, the New York Jets.
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Aaron Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrates after an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens at Acrisure Stadium on January 4, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
“One thing I really like, and it’s kind of the antithesis of where I was: There’s not really any leaks in the boat,” Rodgers told reporters this week. “Every year you face challenges and adversity, both on and off the field, and to go through a season like this and be able to focus on football and not have a lot of other little bulls— out there has been really nice.”
During his time with the Jets, Rodgers was adamant that media leaks were a “problem with the organization.”
“There’s no room for that in a winning culture,” Rodgers said during a December 2023 edition of “The Pat McAfee Show.”
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) passes in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Matt Freed/AP Photo)
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“They’re not your friends. And even if they are, is that really what you want to do? You want to use someone in the media to leak information in order to, for what, get them to publish your name for a job, or if you’re a player, to get you to write an article? I think that’s basically bullshit, and I think that has no place in a winning organization… Put your name on something and support it.”
After the 2023 season, which Rodgers missed almost all of due to a torn Achilles tendon on the Jets’ fourth offensive play of the year, Rodgers said the team needed to get “the bulls—this has nothing to do with winning…out of the building.”
“If you want to be a winning organization and put yourself in a position to win championships and be competitive, everything you do matters,” Rodgers told reporters in January 2024.
The Jets decided to move on from Rodgers by hiring first-year head coach Aaron Glenn, and it appears Rodgers has the last laugh.
Aaron Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Steelers reacts after a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit, Michigan on December 21, 2025. (Rey Del Rio/AP Photo)
Rodgers is in the playoffs, while the Jets have lost 14 games for the third time in franchise history. Gang Green also became the first team in NFL history to go an entire season without recording an interception. They finished the year losing each of their last five games by 23 points or more – a feat never seen before.
