Aaron Rodgers isn’t getting caught up in the hype around facing his former team, the Jets, in Week 1.

While Rodgers and the Steelers will surely have plenty of attention on them as the future Hall of Famer battles the team that many thought he would lead to a Super Bowl, the 41-year-old told Adam Shein in an interview on SiriusXM Mad Dog Sports Radio that the game would “probably [be] nowhere near where it might be made out.”

Aaron Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Steelers looks on before the NFL Preseason 2025 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Acrisure Stadium on August 16, 2025. Getty Images

“A lot has changed over there, coaching staff-wise, player-wise. Obviously I have friendships over there, but it’s one game out of 17 and at five o’clock eastern on that Sunday it’s only going

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