Mike McCarthy, the Steelers' head coach, and Aaron Rodgers, the Steelers' quarterback, will face the Packers as a team for the first time since both were with the Packers.
For draft prep purposes, treat Rodgers as you already have him valued heading into Pittsburgh's season: a veteran QB in a new-ish offensive setup with McCarthy calling the shots, whose fantasy ceiling depends on receiver chemistry and offensive line health rather than nostalgia narratives. Don't let the emotional subplot of facing his old team inflate his projected volume or touchdown upside in mock drafts or auction values — game-planning revenge narratives rarely translate into meaningfully better statistical output. If you're stashing Rodgers as a QB2 or streaming candidate, this note doesn't change that calculus at all.
Actionable takeaway: no action needed. Don't add, drop, or reprioritize Rodgers based on this report. File it as a bye-week/season-preview talking point for your league chat, but keep your actual draft board built on real depth-chart battles, camp performance, and preseason usage reports. Confidence here is essentially moot since the underlying report is a hard fact (impact score of 0.0 confirms it), but its fantasy relevance is nil — treat any subsequent coverage of this "revenge game" storyline as background color, not a signal to chase.
Both coach and quarterback have faced the Packers separately in the past. Now they'll do it together in an NFL first for a Super Bowl-winning duo.