Veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers was in Pittsburgh last weekend while the Steelers were running their rookie minicamp a few miles away at their South Side facility. A new coaching staff, new quarterbacks getting reps, it was the kind of week where a veteran presence in the building carries weight. But Rodgers didn’t show up. He let his agent handle calls with the team and let the weekend pass. When Steelers GM Omar Khan was asked about it all on a podcast, he chose to speak about everything other than Rodgers.

Khan appeared on the Deebo & Joe podcast and confirmed the team had been in contact. His answer said more about what isn’t happening than what is.

“We’ve had communications with him and his agent,” Khan said, before changing tracks. “One thing I’ll say is this time of the year, it’s great for these young guys. We have a new coaching staff here, and they just got off the field a little bit ago. The time they’re spending knowing each other and allowing our coaches to develop and grow, not just the quarterbacks but all these guys, it’s very precious.”

Khan spent time talking about the camp and his rookies. Rodgers just got a single sentence. ESPN’s Adam Schefter had already confirmed on the Pat McAfee Show that the weekend had passed without any direct interaction between Rodgers and the team.

This is the same playbook Pittsburgh ran last offseason. Before Rodgers signed his one-year, $13.65 million deal on June 9, 2025, he made a covert facility visit in late March and spent months engaged in low-level dialogue with the organization.

To avoid last year’s disaster, the Steelers placed a UFA tender on Rodgers this offseason, blocking him from signing elsewhere after July 22 and earning Pittsburgh a compensatory pick if he walks. But Rodgers hasn’t given them anything in writing. Steelers Owner/President Art Rooney II had told reporters on April 29 that he expected a resolution soon. His words made it seem like almost a given.

“We’ve been in contact with Aaron on a regular basis,” Rooney said. “He’s been keeping us up to date on his plans. And even though I thought it probably would have been concluded by now, I think we will come to a conclusion here in the next few weeks.”

But that statement was from two weeks ago, and the Steelers’ OTAs begin on May 18th.