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The last time Aaron Rodgers saw significant preseason action was 2018, when Mike McCarthy was entering his final season in Green Bay. With the QB-coach reunion in Pittsburgh, it appears the clock will be turning back for Rodgers.

The 42-year-old told Mike Silver of The Athletic that McCarthy has asked him to play in the Steelers’ first two preseason games against the Packers and Jets — Rodgers’ two previous clubs.

“He (wants me out there for) 30 or 40 plays,” Rodgers told Silver. “I said, ‘Mike, if you want me to play, I’ll play.’ I’m not saying I want to do it. But if he wants me to, I will.”

McCarthy clarified his expectations on Monday.

“Those decisions are really gonna be made once we get up to it,” the Steelers coach said. “Trust me, I have a lot of ideas. … We have plans, but being a healthy system, let’s see what happens. A lot can happen between now and [then].

“He’d like to play. I would like to see him play. But we won’t make a decision until we get all the way up to it because there’s more that goes into that than having one player play. It’s the culmination of players.”