Aaron Rodgers will never play as a visitor at Lambeau Field.
The Pittsburgh Steelers face the Green Bay Packers to open the 2026 preseason, which means Aaron Rodgers will see his former team.
Rodgers is not expected to play. He likely would have suited up had the game been at Lambeau Field.
"100%, 100%," Rodgers told Packers reporters Wednesday during a Zoom call. "When I heard it was possible to play both my former teams, I was really hoping this one was going to be in Green Bay, not just to get back at Lambeau one more time, but to head out to Chives [restaurant] for a dinner and maybe head out to Green Bay Country Club for a quick nine or something. I was really hoping it was going to be in Green Bay for a lot of reasons.
"It would have been strange, being in that [visitors] locker room and stuff, but I would have found my way over, like many former players have over the years ... and see some of the guys and see some of the trainers and equipment staff and all the people I really care about that still work there. Yeah, I was definitely bummed out that we weren't in Lambeau for this one."
Rodgers spent the first 18 years of his career with the Packers. He went 147-75-1 in the regular season and 11-10 in the playoffs. The NFL legend won four MVPs, one Super Bowl and one Super Bowl MVP and made 10 Pro Bowls and four All-Pro teams.
Rodgers has the most touchdown passes in Packers history with 475. He's second in passing yards to Brett Favre.
The Packers beat the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. Ironically, Rodgers and former Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy are now members of Pittsburgh.
Green Bay traded Rodgers to the New York Jets in 2023 to begin the Jordan Love era. Rodgers appeared in only 18 games with New York. He was released in 2025 and joined the Steelers.
One of the best quarterbacks in NFL history, Rodgers has 527 career passing touchdowns and 66,274 career passing yards in the regular season with the Packers, Jets and Steelers. He will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer one day.
The Packers will retire Rodgers' No. 12 jersey when he officially retires from the NFL. Rodgers will end his football career after the 2026 season.
"That's what this game's all about," Rodgers added. "It's about the relationships, and I'm just most thankful for all the men and women, you know, who've been in my life through this game over the years. So many great people in Green Bay, in the entire organization, top to bottom. You know, just salt of the earth type of people. ... But the thing that actually lasts the longest is those people that impact your life, and there's been a lot of those, a lot especially in Green Bay, it had a huge impact on my life. So I think about those people a lot."
