Aaron Rodgers, 42, undecided about playing in 2026

As his Pittsburgh Steelers prepare for Sunday's playoffs-or-bust clash with the rival Baltimore Ravens, Aaron Rodgers said he remains undecided about returning for a 22nd season in 2026.

Playing on a one-year contract this season, the four-time NFL MVP has posted his 15th season with at least 3,000 passing yards and 20 touchdown passes.

If the Steelers (9-7) lose the battle for the AFC North title with the Ravens (8-8) on Sunday night in Pittsburgh, their season and potentially Rodgers' career will end.

"I'm thinking about this week, but obviously I'm 42 years old and I'm on a one-year deal," Rodgers told reporters on Wednesday. "So you know what the situation is. Whenever the season ends, I'll be a free agent. So that'll give me a lot of options if I still want to play. I mean, not a lot of options, but there'll be options, I would think, maybe one or two, if I decide I still want to play.

"I've enjoyed this experience, and everybody in Pittsburgh has been fantastic to me on and off the field. And it's really what I was hoping for this experience was. It's been even better than I was hoping."

When Rodgers signed his one-year, $13.65 million deal in June, he told "The Pat McAfee Show" that he was "pretty sure" the 2025 campaign would be his last.

Six months later, Rodgers said he was grateful for his experience in Pittsburgh and the opportunity to play for head coach Mike Tomlin.

"You always think about the what-if and the alternative timelines of your life," Rodgers said. "But if I hadn't taken this path, I never would have met so many guys in the locker room who I now call close friends and wouldn't have the experiences and the memories on the field, wouldn't have been able to be in the room with Tom Arth again and Bake (Matt Baker) and be able to play for Arthur Smith and Mike Tomlin. And I feel like there would be a little hole in my life missing without having this chapter. So I'm thankful for this time."

Rodgers ranks fourth in NFL history in passing touchdowns (526) and fifth in passing yards (65,980) heading into the Week 18 finale. His career passer rating of 102.3 ranks No. 1 all-time as does his 1.4% interception percentage.

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More campus games? Big 12 commish says 'everything is on the table' when it comes to playoff reboot

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — While fans trickled into the Orange Bowl stadium for a quarterfinal where tickets were going for as little as $39, the commissioner of the Big 12 said "everything is on the table" when it comes to rebooting the College Football Playoff, including potentially moving more games onto campus.

The commissionershave until Jan. 23to figure out what the playoff will look like next year. Expansion from the current 12-team format and automatic bids have been the two biggest headlines in that discussion, though the idea of keeping more games on campus will factor in.

"We have to examine that, too," Brett Yormark said Thursday, about a half-hour before kickoff of thequarterfinal between Texas Tech and Oregon. "Operationally, can we do it? The first-round games have been fantastic in every respect. I think it's a differentiator."

Under the 12-team format, now in its second season, first-round games involving the fifth through 12th seeds have taken place on the campus of the better-seeded team. The rest of the rounds are at traditional bowl sites, with this year's final coming to Miami Gardens.

The Oregon-Texas Tech game kicked off in front of thousands of empty seats at Hard Rock Stadium. The Ducks traveled 3,200 miles to get to Miami and, if they keep winning, would head to Atlanta for the semifinals (Peach Bowl) before returning to South Florida for the final on Jan. 19. That's around 17,500 miles in travel over three weeks.

"There's a better way to do all of this,"Oregon coach Dan Lanning saidthe day before the game. "We're not inventing the wheel here."

There has been a wide gap between the Southeastern Conference and Big Ten visions of what the next iteration of the playoff should look like. The SEC sees a 16-team field filled with at-large bids; the Big Ten has pushed for a field of 16 or more with more automatic qualifiers.

Under terms of the agreement that goes into play next year, the other two Power Four conferences — Big 12 and Atlantic Coast Conference — are presumed to not have decision-making power in what comes next, though Yormark insisted "we have a big voice in that room."

Yormark would not bite on the question when asked whether Group of Five conferences still belong in the tournament. Counting the first-roundlosses by TulaneandJames Madisonthis year, those teams have lost by an average score of 41-19 over two seasons.

"Everything's on the table and, and hopefully we'll be very thoughtful about it, and if there's change, we'll announce it in due time," Yormark said.

Commish says disputed CSC agreement will get signed

Yormark also said problems keeping schools from signing the participation agreement sent out by the new College Sports Commission are being resolved, and he expects the 68 Power Four teams to sign the contract soon.

A number of state attorneys generaltold their schools not to signthe agreement the commission sent out in November. Among the issues were that it stripped universities of their right to legal action regarding decisions the CSC makes.

Yormark says the agreement is being reworked in a way that all the schools can sign it so, as he said, "we're all signing up for the same rules of engagement."

"But one person's opinion is, you don't need a piece of paper to enforce" the rules, he said.

In a separateinterview with The Associated Pressearlier this week, Texas Tech head of regents Cody Campbell also said he suspects the agreement will get signed, though he's not sure it will have any impact.

"I don't think it's going to be that helpful in terms of creating any kind of stability," said Campbell, who would like to see Congress set up a completely new entity to run college sports. "And it's going to be challenged in court, already is being challenged in court, and it's not going to go well for the CSC."

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Micah Parsons takes aim at Cowboys over the team's poor defensive performance in 2025: 'Y’all want me to feel bad?'

Green Bay Packers star Micah Parsons has some extra time on his hands after suffering a torn ACL in December. While his team preps for the playoffs, Parsons is stuck at home recovering after undergoing surgery, and that means he has more time to scroll social media.

Parsons was apparently doing that Thursday when he stumbled upon a post about his former team that compelled him to respond.

The original post featured an image of Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, who told Cowboys media Thursday that the Parsons trade "changed" how the team's defense operated. Parsons responded to that tweet with multiple "laughing" emojis.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂https://t.co/13vdOrCPkC

— Micah Parsons (@MicahhParsons11)January 1, 2026

He then took it a step further. After apparently getting some hate in the comments, Parsons defended his actions, saying he felt slandered by Jerry Jones "for months."

Y'all want me to feel bad? Jerry Jones slandered my name to Cowboys media and national media for months. So I do think I can react to comment if I want to!#respectfully

— Micah Parsons (@MicahhParsons11)January 1, 2026

Parsons was likely referencing a series of comments Jones made ahead oftrading the superstar to the Packers. Since that trade, there hasn't been much of a back-and-forth between the two. In the weeks after the deal, the pass rusher saidhe didn't hear from Jones following the trade. Since then it's been fairly quiet on both sides, thoughJones did wish Parsons the bestfollowing his season-ending injury.

But Parsons' tweet re-opened that wound, and made it clear that he still harbors some feelings about the trade. He has a few reasons for that. While Parsons is currently injured, the change of scenery proved to be beneficial for both him and the Packers. Parsons got paid, and then put up excellent numbers when healthy. Despite losing Parsons, the Packers still managed to secure a playoff spot in the NFC.

The Cowboys can't say the same. Despite the addition of Eberflus as its defensive coordinator, the team ranks dead last in points allowed per game in 2025. That's not a huge decline compared to last season, when the Cowboys ranked 31st in the same category, but that's hardly a consolation.

As last season shows, though, the presence of Parsons in 2025 may not have lifted the Cowboys all that much. The team's defense was miserable with him last year. While it was worse in 2025, it's unclear how much he could have single-handedly lifted Dallas' defense to better numbers.

Without Parsons, the Cowboys will improve their winning percentage in 2025, though the team has already been eliminated from postseason contention. It will look to use the picks it acquired in the Parsons trade to reload for the 2026 NFL season.

Despite the injury, Parsons still has a shot at winning a ring this season. And if the Packers can't accomplish that, there's a decent chance the team will get Parsons back early next season to try and make another run at a Super Bowl title.

While the trade was clearly painful for Parsons, he's in a better spot right now. The Packers look like perennial contenders with the All-Pro. The Cowboys, meanwhile, look like a team with multiple holes to fill if they want to contend next year.

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Miami makes CFP title case after Cotton Bowl upset of Ohio State: 'This is our moment'

ARLINGTON, TX — Everyone in AT&T Stadium knew what Miami was going to do.

Leading No. 2 seed Ohio State 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl and taking over at their 30-yard line with 5:56 to play, the No. 10 seed Hurricanes had one mission: to run the ball down theBuckeyes' throat to milk the clock, deliver the knockout blow and send the defending national champions packing from theCollege Football Playoff.

"We all looked each other in the eyes," said senior center James Brockermeyer. "We said, 'This is our moment. Let's take over this game.'"

What unfolded over the ensuing five minutes of game clock tells the story of a team blossoming at the right time and a program that has reclaimed its place on the national stage after spending more than two decades lost in the wilderness.

Ten plays. Eight runs for 52 yards. A 19-yard gain to get things started by junior running back Mark Fletcher, who had a game-high 90 yards. Twenty-six yards from backup CharMar Brown, including the 5-yard score that provided the final exclamation pointon a 24-14 upset.

The whole thing can be boiled down like this: Ohio State knew what Miami wanted to do and couldn't do a single thing about it.

"It just shows that we're a team that will do what it takes to win a game and grind things out against a really, really good defense like that," Brockermeyer said. "They're a great team. But we've got a great team, too."

That's how Miami was built, in the trenches, by a coach in Mario Cristobal who knows no other way. From the depths of his five-win debut in 2022 and miserable moments such as a shocking debacle loss toGeorgia Techa year later, Cristobal has pieced together a team constructed to win hard-fought, physical games against the nation's best in postseason play.

"We keep getting better and better up front," Cristobal said. "When you play a team like that that's been the number one defense in the country the entire year, you have to. And you have to not only hit, but you've got to be willing to take the hits and keep coming, because that's what it's going to be."

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This improvement was evident in an oftenugly 10-3 win against No. 7 seed Texas A&Min the opening round, when the Hurricanes overcame three missed field goals and made a late defensive stand to advance to Wednesday night's quarterfinals. But the Cotton Bowl casts Miami in a new light — as a team capable of winning the whole thing — and shows how adeptly Cristobal installed his formula.

"We live in a geographic area with a lot of high school talent, a lot of skill players. But he built it inside-out and supplanted that with great outside players, skill players," said Miami athletics director Dan Radakovich.

"That's the recipe that he thought about and actually put into action. He was able to pull that together. It wasn't like a zoom kind of thing. It was very progressive, with a great foundation."

Miami ran for 153 yards, the most Ohio State had allowed since the season opener against Texas, and averaged 4.1 yards per carry. The line gave up just two sacks and four tackles for loss. The Hurricanes set the tone by maintaining possession for more than 11 minutes in the first quarter and closed the Buckeyes out by holding the ball for almost nine minutes in the fourth.

Despite being roughly a touchdown underdog by kickoff, Miami looked better prepared for a line-of-scrimmage battle, especially when pushing piles forward after contact on the game-clinching drive and bullying an Ohio State team most expected to repeat.

"He definitely relayed that message that he wanted us to be the most physical team, the most violent team," Fletcher said of Cristobal. "And that's with anybody who we play, who we line up against, especially on the offensive side. But he was screaming that to the defense, too.  And, shoot, defense played violent. We got to play violent, too. That's how we match it."

Not to be outdone, Miami's defense sacked Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin five times; that matched Indiana's sack total from theBig Tenchampionship game after the Buckeyes had allowed just six sacks during their 12-0 start.

On both sides of the ball, the Hurricanes were able to carry the normally unflappable Buckeyes out of their comfort zone and into choppy waters on the line of scrimmage. Counting sacks, Ohio State managed just 45 rushing yards on 1.9 yards per carry. Going back to 2016, the Buckeyes' previous low for rushing yards in a game was 58 yards against Indiana earlier this month.

"Our players kept responding. Our players kept coming with their counterpunch," said Cristobal. "And those last couple of counterpunches, that big stop after they converted a third-and-18, and then the touchdown drive at the end, and then to finish it off with an interception, those are great counterpunches. Those are just really left hooks to the body and to the head."

Most importantly, the Hurricanes' defense was able to pressure Sayin with five and often four pass rushers. Clearly fazed, Sayin completed 62.8% of his attempts, his worst performance since the opener, and tossed multiple interceptions for just the second time.

In the game's biggest single moment, Sayin delivered a misguided pass to the flat in the direction of receiver Brandon Inniss in the second quarter that Miami defensive back Keionte Scott jumped the route and returned 72 yards for a touchdown.

"We got him early, we hit him early, and I think it forced him to throw that interception," said Mesidor.

"Not only that, but throughout the game he was a little uncomfortable. He really wasn't dropping back to throw deep bombs. He was throwing drag routes, finding little holes in the zone."

The turnaround is remarkable, and shouldn't be ignored. Four years ago, Miami finished short of bowl eligibility for the first time since 2007. Two months ago, the Hurricanes lost 26-20 to SMU and was essentially tossed out of the playoff mix, only to controversially leap ahead of Notre Dame in the playoff rankings on the heels of a four-game winning streak.

Everything is coming together, at long last, and Miami is reestablished as a true national player. If they can do this against Ohio State, the Hurricanes can do the same to every team still alive in this tournament — and maybe deliver the program's first national championship since 2001 and sixth overall.

"It's a great time to shine, at the end of the game," said Brockermeyer. "We're just a team that never folds and we never will."

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Make the NBA better: 7 New Year's resolutions for the league in 2026

Big picture, the NBA is in a really good place. We're seeing record-setting attendance. Viewership is up significantly year-over-year. The league just struck a $76 billion media deal. Franchise values are higher than ever.

But it's not perfect. To steal the HoopIdea motto from my pals Royce Webb and Henry Abbott:Basketball is the best game ever. Now let's make it better.

The biggest slack in the system is thatstar players aren't playing enough games. The biggest names used to miss only one out of every 10 games. Nowadays, we're seeing one out of every three games. Nikola Jokić, arguably the best player in the game, isthe latest superstar to be sidelinedfor a big chunk of the season. At the moment, the Jokić injury has brought a lot of hot-button topics to the forefront.

So, let's get to it. Here are seven New Year's resolutions for commissioner Adam Silver and the NBA to consider.

1. Make it a 58-game regular season

It's time. Play each team twice. Once at home, once on the road. Raise the stakes for every game. Kill the dreaded back-to-back. Football-ify the weekly schedule (say, Tuesdays and Sundays). Lower the risk of injury. Let everyone breathe. Let everyone prosper.

In 2019, Kevin Arnovitzreportedthat the league and its teams formally explored the 58-game idea as part of a comprehensive plan to add a not-yet-established in-season tournament and play-in tournament. Those two tournaments have been a success. Now it's time for the other part of that to come to fruition: the 58-game season.

Any momentum of a 58-game season came to a screeching halt during the pandemic-shortened seasons, which did not see a dramatic improvement on the injury front. Silver has arguedthe league studied the COVID-affected seasonsand found no evidence that reducing games would lead to a corresponding improvement in player health. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see why using thepandemicseasons as a control group would be a foolish idea.

The NBA knows the best product is when games are spaced out without back-to-backs and plenty of days allowing for the body to recover. Proof of that understanding has been staring at us all along: look at the playoffs! The NBA doesn't allow back-to-backs in the playoffs. I wonder why! Games lost due to injury go way down in the playoffs, partly because players are willing to play through bumps and bruises when the stakes are highest. But star participation skyrockets in the playoffs, I would posit, because the NBA has built in proper recovery time and bodies aren't still raw from the night before.

Beyond the upside of injury prevention, I'm a firm believer that a 58-game season would do wonders for the NBA product. It would solve much of the tanking problem. Fewer games means more teams in the hunt for playoff and play-in spots for a larger chunk of the season. Furthermore, and this is a huge one, it would standardize the schedule so every fan and every team would know what day of the week they're playing. College football has Saturdays. NFL has Sundays. Fans build their entire week around football. It's appointment viewing. NBA has … well … it depends. A 58-game schedule would make appointment viewing a reality.

I also don't think a 30% reduction in games would lead to a 30% reduction in revenues. At least not in the long run. If players aren't run into the ground trying to play 100 games a year (with playoffs), they're more likely to have longer (and more reliable from a fan/TV partner perspective) careers.

2. Abolish the draft. Establish rookie free agency

Charlie Munger once said, "Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome." By giving the bottom-three teams the best odds at the No. 1 pick, the NBA is indirectly asking teams to lose on purpose to maximize the chance that the next superstar falls into their laps.

Instead of a draft, the league should televise a Rookie Signing Week and — gasp! — allow the most-qualified individuals to choose their workplace. Rather than guaranteeing ping-pong balls, the league should replace draft odds with a cap exception proportional to their previous record. The worst teams would have marginally more money to offer the Cooper Flaggs of the world, but the advantage would only go so far. Organizational competence would matter much more when teams have to pitch the best prospects about whytheyshould be the team they sign with. Right now, organizationalincompetenceis what matters most.

Anyone clutching their pearls about the Los Angeles Lakers or New York Knicks loading up on talent should take a deep breath. Elite players want to be the star. That means playing time, the ball in their hands and, yes, money. If you don't believe me, look at how top recruits choose their college program.

Massachusetts native AJ Dybantsa chose BYU. Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey went to Rutgers. Cade Cunningham handpicked Oklahoma State. Anthony Edwards opted for Georgia. Allen Iverson attended Georgetown. Shaq landed at LSU. Notice none of these programs reside in Miami, Los Angeles or New York.

Yes, blue-chip programs like Duke, Kansas and Kentucky have cleaned up top-shelf talent in the one-and-done era, but that can only happen in a system that clears rosters every year, and colleges can promise a prospect that he'd be The Guy. That doesn't fly in the NBA. Also, small-market teams should rejoice because last time I checked Durham, North Carolina; Lawrence, Kansas; and Lexington, Kentucky, are not coastal metropolises.

Let's be real: the NBA Draft and Draft Lottery are an awkward charade. Remember how Cooper Flagg looked ill when Dallas won the lottery? If we're being honest, the optics and general idea of the draft aren't super awesome to begin with. It's littered with wrong hats, delayed trade calls and sad 19-year-olds with nerve-wracked families lingering in the green room. Let the players pick their proverbial hat and watch bedlam ensue as each team has to reassess once top players go off the board. It'd be amazing television.

3. Eliminate the 65-game rule — or any game requirement — for awards

It was a bad idea to begin with, and I have zero idea why the NBPA signed off on it in the first place. The policy indirectly paints star players in a horrible light by suggesting that they were taking games off for load management/rest, and not actually, you know, injured. It clearly hasn't been a motivator. Since it was established in 2023, star players are missing the cut more, not less.

In reality, the media was already holding players accountable and rewarding players that played more games. In fact, there has been only one player in an 82-game season that won MVP while playing fewer than 65 games: Bill Walton in 1977-78. It's a classic case of a cure being worse than the disease.

By implementing the rule, every MVP and All-NBA conversation (hello, Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo!) is now stained by constant injury talk rather than using that oxygen for praising a player's greatness. Instead, many people will accuse SGA of skating to another MVP award that will artificially and potentially eliminate Jokić, Antetokounmpo, Luka Dončić and Victor Wembanyama. If the goal is to promote player health and champion those who play the most games, it is doing the opposite. Get rid of it.

4. Let top seeds choose playoff opponents

Think of the drama! Think of the spice! Think of the … fairness? Yes, fairness!

The integrity of the playoff system is being threatened by, yes, injuries. In the past, when the league was healthier and stars suited up almost every game, the playoff seeds were a fair representation of the best teams. But because player health has become such a scourge and disrupts the standings, we could have a situation in which a top seed faces a loaded team that fell in the league hierarchy due to a star player (or players) getting sidelined for long stretches.

[Jones: New Year's resolutions for all 30 NBA teams]

Congrats to the OKC Thunder for earning the top seed, now you have to face … Nikola Jokić and the Nuggets!Hey, Detroit, kudos to you for winning the East, good luck against the No. 8 seed featuring … checks notes … Giannis Antetokounmpo!

To avoid this scenario and inject more excitement in the playoff structure, the NBA should allow the top seeds (Nos. 1-3 in the first round; top seeds again in the semifinals) to choose their opponents. It's a more efficient system that rewards regular-season performances, builds storylines and makes the playoffs a lot juicier. It'll also clear up the weird loophole that the No. 1 seed has the least amount of time to prepare for its first-round opponent thanks to the play-in tournament.

5. Bring back traditional home/away jerseys for national TV games

The NBA added prestige to the NBA Cup by changing the floors to highlighter colors and signaling to the audience that This Is Different. But what if we added prestige by … going back to normal.

Let's restore some recipes and go back to the good old days when — and stay with me now — home teams wore white. I know! Crazy! Let's dial it back and make sure that, for big games, teams wear the standard jerseys rather than seemingly flip through different jerseys every game. Please, we need Celtics green and New York white at Madison Square Garden. This is elemental to the NBA experience.

If the game isn't on national television, then teams can choose whichever jersey they want. But for the big games, bring back some normalcy in an increasingly confusing world.

6. Tighten up the gather-step rules

It's too easy to score in the NBA. The Chicago Bulls and Atlanta freakin' Hawks just scored 302 points in regulation and no one batted an eye. The worst offense in the league, the Indiana Pacers, score 108.1 points per 100 possessions, per NBA.com/stats. You know where that would rank in the 2000-01 season? Not 15th. Not 10th. Not fifth. It would be first! Better than the Kobe-Shaq Lakers that won 56 games with an offensive efficiency of 107.0 points per 100 possessions that led the league. In fact, the injury-marred Pacers are scoring more on a per-possession basis thananyof the Kobe-Shaq Laker teams.

Scoring inflation has happenedfast. You know the 12-20 Utah Jazz led by Lauri Markkanen and Keyonte George? They're currently scoring at a higher rate than the KD/Steph Warriors'bestoffensive season. I know. It's disorienting.

We need to bring defense back. We can start with bringing back the travel to the spirit of the rule. Players have studied travel rules and stretched legal basketball innovations to the extreme and, I would argue, way past the limit. Gather step plus one step.

Call it The Grayson Allen Rule. Look at this play. I don't know what this is, but this is not basketball.

pic.twitter.com/32OBq4wmrx

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob)December 9, 2025

Whatever rule that makes that an illegal play, I'm all for.

Yeah, that can't be legal. Except it is. When @mdwbasketball (go follow that account btw) says it's legal, it's legal. I just don't think itshouldbe legal.

It's too easy to score in the NBA. Let's pull it back a bit and call travels like we used to.

7. Allow referee press conferences

Frankly, it's overdue. With gambling allegations and investigations ensnaring Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, Damon Jones, Malik Beasley and Jontay Porter (who has pled guilty, unlike the other names on this list), trust in the integrity of the game may be at its lowest since the Tim Donaghy scandals. And I'm not just talking about angry fans on social media. Recently, the NBA had to step in and announce four five-figure fines in just one week, penalizing teams and players for publicly criticizing officials.

It's time to further ensure transparency and integrity of the game by having referees available to speak freely with credentialed reporters after the game and have that media session broadcast on public channels.

On most nights, ref press conferences may not be needed. But allowing at least one beat reporter from each team to be present for a postgame news conference would be a big win for the trust in the system. Such a forum would cultivate an educational and informative context for rules to be explained, decisions clarified and calls defended. Currently for every game, the NBA assigns a pool reporter who has to submit questions ahead of time and the resulting Q&A is posted in text form on its website. For instance,is this at all helpful or productive?

In my opinion, current measures don't go far enough. The NBA has already opened the door by allowing the crew chief to announce a coach's challenge ruling to the fans over the PA system. Having the crew chief sit and answer questions in a professional setting among reporters would be a step in the right direction. By and large, referees are good at their jobs. Let them show us.

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