Aaron Rodgers Has 75 Hand Signals and Even Our Seahawks Aren’t Doing That Much

Aaron Rodgers rolled into the Pittsburgh Steelers before the 2025 season with a wild plan, and we’re just now hearing the full scope of it. Steelers backup QB Will Howard dropped a bomb to Jori Epstein of Yahoo Sports: Rodgers made him create a Google Doc of hand signals on day one of last year’s training camp.

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What started as a modest list of about 25 to 30 signals for basic routes and formations just kept growing. By the end of the 2025 season, that Google Doc was packed with around 75 different gestures. “We would kind of evolve it as we went,” Howard told Epstein. Seventy-five! That’s not just a playbook; that’s a whole new language developing in real-time.

Is 75 Signals Too Much Even for Rodgers?

Epstein talked to coaches and players from other teams, and Rodgers’ 75 signals absolutely blew everyone else out of the water. The Denver Broncos are running 15-25 signals. The Baltimore Ravens are in the 20-30 range. Even our own Seattle Seahawks, known for their sharp schemes, operate with 50-60 signals. Rodgers is famous for his detailed approach, but 75 signals, even for a legend, is a massive amount to keep straight. Steelers receiver DK Metcalf admitted, “It’s a lot of signals,” but added that “they help us win football games at the end of the day when we’re all connected.” You have to wonder how many times the wrong signal gets thrown out there. Another Steelers receiver, Ben Skowronek, even joked about Rodgers signaling stuff from his past in practice, making guys wonder, “What the f–k is that, Aaron?” At 42 years old, Rodgers isn’t changing his meticulous ways, especially not in what’s probably his final NFL season.

The Steelers are trying to push their record to 3-1, and you know Rodgers will be out there throwing those 75 signals around when they face the Cleveland Browns (2-1) on Thursday Night Football. You gotta respect the grind, even if it’s a little wild.

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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.