More than a year after their secret wedding, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ wife Brittani remains a bigger enigma than AR8 himself. But in the latest revelation from Rodgers himself, she turned out to be one of the biggest reasons Rodgers came back for his “Last Rodeo.”

“Yes, this is it,” Rodgers said at the Steelers’ training camp media availability. “I thought last year might be it, but then Mike [McCarthy] got hired, and I talked to my wife, and she said, ‘You can do one more year.’”

When reporters doubled down, asking if there was any chance of Rodgers changing his mind, or even debating the matter, Rodgers kept his answer crisp.

“No, zero debate,” he said.

Back in May, Rodgers had said something similar, citing conversations with head coach Mike McCarthy, general manager Omar Khan, and his wife, before finally deciding to come back. “I had a lot of conversations with my wife about it,” he’d said. But now, it looks like Brittani’s voice was the final push Rodgers needed to suit up again.

The prospect of a reunion with the Steelers’ new head coach Mike McCarthy was always enticing for Rodgers. Under McCarthy with the Green Bay Packers, Rodgers developed into an MVP-caliber quarterback. With both of them now in McCarthy’s hometown, the Steelers have similar expectations from Rodgers. But even as he declared “this is it,” his teammates aren’t sold on the idea.

Wide receiver DK Metcalf recently took a trip out west with Rodgers and other teammates, and may have come out of it with a better understanding of his quarterback. In the same presser, Metcalf told reporters, “people just say things at the beginning of the year, not knowing how a year could go.” He made the case that if Rodgers is “playing free,” and doesn’t get hit as much as last season, he might change his mind and run it back.

Aaron Rodgers has already made the call after Brittani gave him the green light. Now, his “Last Rodeo” has a clear finish line: play this year, listen to his body, and when the season ends, the only person who can talk him into another run is the same one who talked him into this one.