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Well, there’s a sure-fire bet that no one had THIS on their 2026 Bingo card.
Okay, well, maybe since it was announced back in September, but now photo evidence has emerged.
After years of turmoil and estrangement, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is letting bygones be bygones and playing nice again with little brother Jordan, who is an analyst for ESPN and ABC. At least, that’s the feeling coming from a newly posted photo on Instagram that shows the brothers posed together, with their arms around each other.
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Rodgers posted the photo with the caption “Great to see little bro @jrodgers11 in his element tonight @acrisurestadium. Really proud of how hard he’s worked to get to where he is now @pitt_fb@mikemonaco.”
This is a major difference from the gossip that was floating around during Jordan’s wife’s JoJo Fletcher’s season of “The Bachelorette,” when the younger Rodgers spoke about having been estranged from his brother for awhile.
It wasn’t until September of this year when the public learned that Aaron and Jordan had mended their relationship when he appeared on “Not Just Football.”
“I went out to Nashville and met with my older brother (Luke),” the Steelers QB said. “A couple weeks after that, I met with my little brother. It was cool. There were tough conversations for sure, but I’m just in a much better headspace.”
Jordan appeared (and won) Fletcher’s season of ABC’s “The Bachelorette” in 2016, which seemed to rub Aaron the wrong way.
“I haven’t seen the show, to be honest with you, so it hasn’t really affected me a whole lot,” Rodgers told ESPN back when Jordan appeared on the show. “As far as those kind of things go, I’ve always found that it’s a little inappropriate to talk publicly about some family matters. I’m not going to speak on those things, but I wish him well in the competition.”
Aaron had credited his wife Brittani, whom he married privately in 2025, with repairing the broken family ties.
"She was a big part of that," he said on the "Not Just Football" podcast. "Not that she was pushing anything, she wasn't. It was more of when you're loved by someone in such an unconditional way, it changes your perspective on all your relationships surrounding that. It becomes your anchor point."
The mended relationship can also be heard in the younger Rodgers' words when commentating on his brother's games.
"Rodgers was actually very accurate down the field," Jordan said on ESPN's "First Take" regarding Aaron's playing style. "The throws that were not completed because of a non-call or a drop down the field were on the money."
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Awww. Brotherly love.
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