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Aaron Rodgers expressed disappointment that his Pittsburgh Steelers will not play against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field during the preseason.

First seen Aug 13, 2026 · 1:01 PM UTC · last updated Aug 13 5:34 PM

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This one's pure noise for fantasy purposes. Rodgers venting about the Steelers-Packers preseason game not being at Lambeau Field is a scheduling/sentimental storyline with zero bearing on his usage, health, or role. There's no mention of practice reps, depth chart standing, or physical status here — just a quote about wishing a preseason game were played in a different stadium.

For draft prep, this doesn't move the needle on Rodgers' value at all. He remains a late-round or streaming-caliber QB in Pittsburgh's offense, and nothing in this cluster changes that projection one way or the other. Don't let a feel-good storyline about Lambeau nostalgia inflate his perceived importance or draft stock — it's the kind of headline that generates clicks in August but tells you nothing about snap counts, target competition, or offensive scheme fit with his new receivers.

Action: no change to your draft board. Treat Rodgers per his existing tier based on real situational factors — offensive line health, receiver corps, and Pittsburgh's offensive scheme under their current coaching staff — not this quote. Confidence is high that this news itself is accurately reported, but confidence in any fantasy relevance is essentially zero. File it away as color for broadcast commentary, not as an input for roster construction. Continue monitoring actual preseason usage reports and depth chart battles for real signal on his and the offense's fantasy outlook this summer.

Aaron Rodgers laments Steelers' preseason game vs. Packers not at Lambeau Field

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Time heals all, and it seems to have had the same effect on Aaron Rodgers' sentiments toward Green Bay.

As the 42-year-old's Pittsburgh Steelers prepare to host Rodgers' former team for a preseason contest tonight, the quarterback is feeling nostalgic -- and perhaps a bit wistful. Rodgers admitted Wednesday he wished the game would have taken place at Green Bay's Lambeau Field, not Pittsburgh's Acrisure Stadium.

“I was really hoping this one was going to be in Green Bay," Rodgers explained in a media session with Packers reporters, via The Associated Press, "not just to get back at Lambeau one more time, but to head out to Chives 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.”

Rodgers acrimoniously parted with the Packers after the 2022 season and isn't unfamiliar with encountering his former team on the field. His Steelers hosted the Packers for a prime-time affair last season, a back-and-forth contest in which his replacement, Jordan Love, led Green Bay to a triumph over Pittsburgh.

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This time, Rodgers might not even play in the game. That doesn't diminish the meaning of the meeting to the quarterback, though, and given the fact Rodgers has stated 2026 will be his final season, he won't have a chance to return to Lambeau Field as a uniformed visitor before his career ends.

“It would have been strange, being in that locker room and stuff,” Rodgers said. “But I would have found my way over, like many former players have over the years, found my way over to Flea’s (Packers head athletic trainer Bryan Engel’s) office and hang out back there 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.”

When Rodgers knew his time in Green Bay was finished after the 2022 season, he used his leverage to force a trade to the New York Jets in order to find a new home where he knew he was wanted, and where he might be able to pursue an elusive second Lombardi Trophy. That story didn't include a happy ending, of course, and the journey from Green Bay through New York to Pittsburgh might have provided him with some wisdom and perspective.

Now, with full awareness of his football mortality, Rodgers isn't holding onto grudges. He's once again playing for the coach who guided him through some of his best years in Green Bay in Mike McCarthy, and appears ready to soak in every second of his final NFL campaign.

It just won't include a return trip to his first NFL home.

“Players around the league, they talk about how special it is to play at Lambeau, and sometimes you might miss that or forget about that when you’re playing because it becomes so normal to have such an amazing crowd and they’re tailgating and they’re loud and they rarely sell their tickets to other teams’ fans," Rodgers reflected. "There’s a lot of great things about Wisconsin. I grew up there, really, and became a little more mature as an adult over the years there and had a great time and still have a lot of close friends there, a lot of fond memories.”

Coverage from Nfl Dot Com News · by Nick Shook · Aug 13, 2026 · read original