Aaron Rodgers, Steelers have ‘work to do’ to stay atop AFC North | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

PFT LIVE MONDAY EDITION, IT’S ALREADY THE 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY FROM THANKSGIVING. I DON’T LIKE IT, AARON RODGERS SAID, THEY’LL TAKE THE STEELERS. I’M DONE. I’M DONE, I’M OUT. I’VE BEEN WRONG ON THE STEELERS, THE LAST 3 WEEKS. HEY, THOUGHT THEY BEAT THE PACKERS. THEY LOST. I THOUGHT, THEY’D LOSE THE COLTS, THEY WON. I THOUGHT THEY BEAT THE CHARGERS, THEY LOST 4 STRAIGHT WEEKS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY BEAT THE BENGALS. AND I I LOVE THE QUARTERBACK DEMEANOR, RIGHT? I’M A CONDITION. YEAH. THE BENGALS GAME. HE LOOKED IRRITATED ALL THE TIME, LIKE GEORGE CASTANZA, WHEN HE SAID IF YOU’RE PISSED OFF ALL THE TIME, PEOPLE TO THINK YOU’RE BUSY LIKE HE JUST HAD THAT HE WAS MAD LAST NIGHT. HE SEEMED RESIGNED. HE SEEMED LIKE HE WAS CAPITULATING TO HIS CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HE KNOWS. HE KNOWS THIS TEAM IS NOT IN THE SUPER BOWL WINDOW. THIS TEAM AT THIS POINT, IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS BECAUSE AND HE MADE THE COMMENT LAST NIGHT. WELL, WE’RE STILL IN FIRST PLACE. ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN BUDDY BOY BECAUSE THE RAVENS CHIP CHIP CHIP CHIP CHIP CHIP CHIP CHIP. AS THIS GUY SAID, I SHOULD HAVE CUT RAVENS. RIGHT HERE COME THE RAVENS. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE IN FIRST PLACE WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE. THIS TEAM HAS WORK TO DO AND YOU KNOW, 1 KNIGHT THE OFFENSE SHOWS UP 1 NIGHT. THE DEFENSE SHOWS UP, SOMETIMES NEITHER SHOWS UP LAST NIGHT, THE DEFENSE LOOKED GOOD, THE OFFENSE WAS AWFUL AND HE’S GOT DK MEDAF. OPEN MISSED SOME JOHN SMITH FOR A WALK-IN TOUCHDOWN. THROWS IT UP HIGH, AND HE’S GOT TO JUMP UP AND HE COULDN’T EVEN BRING THE CATCH IN. HE HAD GUYS OPEN ALL NIGHT. HE’S NERVOUS AHEAD OF ME. HE PLAYS NERVOUS THAT THAT’S WHAT HE PLAYS, IT’S LIKE IT’S LIKE HE’S IN HIS OWN BRAIN LIKE OF ALL THAT. LIKE I DON’T WANT TO MISTAKE MAKE A MISTAKE. I WANT TO PLAY PERFECT. I DON’T WANT TO GET HIT. LET ME DO IT. WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DO? I, I WANT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHILE HAVING SUCCESS, AND I JUST WANT TO GO WITH THE GREAT QUARTERBACKS IN FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE NOT HAVING THOSE THOUGHTS AT ALL AT ALL. AND THAT’S, THAT’S THE PROBLEM. I DON’T. DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? WHEN WE WENT OFF AIR ON FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN THEY WERE LIKE WELL WHY ARE YOU TAKING THE CHARGERS? I WENT PITTSBURGH’S RUN GAME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS GOING, THEY’RE GOING TO RUN THE BALL. I GOT TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT. WHAT WE’RE ALL SOMEWHERE? WE’RE JUST GOING GREAT RUNNING TEAM. WHY WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT THEY’VE YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO THROW THE BALL? YOU’VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE CHARGERS PASS DEFENSE, ALL YEAR THE CHARGERS PASS DEFENSE IT, THAT’S THE BEST IN FOOTBALL AS FAR AS HOW ITS COACHED AND ALL THAT, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE BEST TALENT, BUT WHEN YOU WATCH THE CHARGERS AND HOW THEY PLAY DEFENSE IN THAT END, MAN, THEY HAVE THE OLD LIKE, MAN, ALL ALL THEIR GUYS DROP, WHERE YOU’RE TRYING TO THROW THE BALL, THEY PASS EVERYBODY OFF PERFECTLY AND THEN, SO OLD ON THE STEELERS DEFENSE WHOOPY DUDE THE THEY HAD 7 SHAMROCK UP THEIR ASS LAST WEEK AGAINST THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS. I THOUGHT THEY STILL HAVE A SHAMROCK. I KNOW, I KNOW. YEAH, WELL, THEY LOST THEY LOST IT. BUT YEAH, THAT WAS THAT WAS BAD. I MEAN, THAT WAS REALLY BAD. I WAS EMBARRASSED. THE OFFENSE WAS PITIFUL. AND THEN TO GET THE BALL RUN ON YOU ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL WITH THE BANGED UP, NOT EVEN CLOSE TO HEALTHY CHARGERS OFFENSIVE LINE. AGAIN, I STILL STAND HERE AND GO DID ANY OF THE DEBT TACKLES EVER MAKE PLAYS FOR THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SMALL FAST LINEBACKERS. NOW, THE ALIGNMENT ARE GETTING INTO THE SECOND LEVEL AND YOU DON’T EVER HEAR, YOU DIDN’T HEAR PAT, PATRICK QUEEN, OR PEYTON WILSON’S NAME THE WHOLE NIGHT LAST NIGHT. I MEAN SO BECAUSE OF ALL THAT. YEAH. THAT WAS A BAD LOSS. GOOD FOR THE CHARGERS, SUCKING IT UP AND JUSTIN HERBERT, WHO IS PLAYING AWESOME, WHILE HE’S GETTING KILLED AND HIT IT AT A RATE, MORE THAN ANY QUARTERBACK IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL HANGING IN THERE, AND THAT WAS A GOOD WIN FOR THEM LAST NIGHT. YEAH, AND HERBERT BANGED AROUND TWISTED UP. LIMPING. AND HE’S GETTING 9 HITS A GAME, TARO EXPLAINED THIS DURING HE’S GETTING HIT MORE THAN ANY QUARTERBACK IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT. IF ANYBODY KNOWS HE WANTS TO KNOW, JUSTIN HERBERT’S HAD ANY HAVING A PHENOMENAL YEAR, HIS STATS AREN’T GOING TO WARRANT MVP TALK BUT HE’S REALLY PLAYED AT AN MVP LEVEL TO ME BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO DOMINATE IN THE RUN GAME. THEY HAVE TO WIN RIGHT NOW WITH HIM ON THE FIELD AND THE PASS GAME WITH GOOD WEAPONS. BUT I DON’T THINK ANY OF US ARE SITTING HERE GOING. OH MY GOSH, DOUBLE QUINTON JOHNSON OR DOUBLE LAD MAKONI, COME ON EVERYBODY. SO THE THE WHAT THEY’RE DOING THERE HE’S PHENOMENAL AND THEN HIS SUPPORT’S MOVEMENT HAS GOTTEN BETTER THIS YEAR. THAT’S WHAT’S MADE HIM BETTER, BUT YEAH, DOG. FIGHT THEIR AND THEN SLOWLY, BUT SURELY HERBERT AND GREG ROMAN THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE CHARGER STARTED TO FIGURE OUT SOME RUNS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM AND THEY JUST SLOWLY WORE DOWN AND BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF THE STEELERS AND AND CHRIS COLLINS WORTH IN TORICO SAID IT LAST NIGHT, THEY KIND OF BEAT THE STEELERS AT THEIR OWN GAME. THAT’S REALLY WHAT THEY DID. AND IT AND IT SHOWED ON THE FIELD. DK MEDV HAD 3 CATCHER FOR 35 YARDS, THAT IS NOT WHAT WHOM YOU PAID 35 MILLION A YEAR. THAT INVESTMENT IS NOT. PANNING OUT, THE ROGERS. EXPERIMENT ISN’T WORKING, THE DEFENSE ISN’T HOLDING UP THEIR END OF THE BAR. MIKE TOMLIN WAS TESTIFYING LIKE HE SEEMED UNBOTHERED BY LOST THE PACKERS. HE SEEMED MORE UPSET. HE WAS, HE WAS UPSET EVEN WHEN THEY SHOT HIS FACE A FEW TIMES, WHERE THEY JUST RAN IN THE BALL, UP THE MIDDLE, AND JUST SMASHED THEM FOR 1015 YARDS WHERE YOU WERE LIKE HE WAS LOOKING AT HIS DEFENSE, LIKE, WITH WEIRD FACES. LIKE, ARE YOU GUYS SERIOUS? THESE ARE, THESE ARE SOME BACKUPS ON HERE RIGHT NOW AND THEY’RE PUSHING US AROUND. THAT WAS A, IT WAS UGLY. I MEAN, AARON RODGERS WENT 16 FOR 31 AND I AGREE WITH YOU. LIKE LAST WEEK, LAST GAME YESTERDAY WENT INTO LIKE HE ALMOST THE POINT IN FINGERS, AARON RODGERS. HE WAS GOING TO YELL AT EVERYBODY ELSE AND I WANT TO GO. HEY BUDDY, YOU’RE YOU’RE NOT PLAYING ALL THAT GOOD. JUST STOP YELLING AT EVERYBODY. WHY ARE YOU GET PISSED OFF ON CERTAIN PLAYS MORE THAN YOU GET PISSED OFF WHEN YOU GET SAFETY, THEY’RE THROWING INTERCEPTION OR MISSED A TOUCHDOWN PASS. HE DOESN’T GET MAD THEN, BUT THEN WHEN YOU SEE ANOTHER INCOMPLETE PASS AND IT WAS CLOSED, HE YELLS AND ACTS LIKE THE RECEIVER, RAN THE WRONG ROUTE OR DID LANGUAGE IS WRONG, HE’S GOT TO FIX THAT. HE’S NOT DOING HIMSELF ANY FAVORS, HE’S NOT DOING THE STEELERS, ANY FAVORS THAT WAY AND YOU WERE SITTING HERE AGAIN, YOU KNOW? AND THEY DIDN’T HELP HIM. I GET IT TOO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME. YEAH, THE OFFENSE IS, LOOKS LIKE IT’S SUCCUMB TO WHAT AARON RODGERS WANTS TO TO A DEGREE. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE’VE TALKED ABOUT ALL YEAR, THEY JUST DON’T HAVE ANOTHER GUY IN THE PAST GAME THAT IS SCARY AND THEN HE’S NOT SCARY ON TOP OF THAT. BECAUSE HE DOESN’T WANT TO PUSH THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD, AND HE WANTS TO PLAY VERY CONSERVATIVE AND LEADS TO 16 FOR LIKE HE ALMOST THE POINT IN 20 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE, LOT OF STUFF WASN’T WORKING. WE WERE BAD ON THIRD DOWN. I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF, MISS DK, EARLY COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG PLAY, A LITTLE HIGH TO JOHN SMITH. BUT YEAH, WE DIDN’T RUN THE BALL SUPER EFFECTIVELY IN THE FIRST SOME THROWS FOR SURE. AND THEN WE WEREN’T GETTING GUYS OPEN AND I COULDN’T PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND YOU’RE SAYING WE WEREN’T GETTING GUYS OPEN. THAT’S A SOMEWHAT SOFT WAY OF SAYING GUYS WEREN’T GETTING OPEN. YOU KNOW, THAT SIMPLE ASS OFFENSE THAT THEY’RE RUNNING UP THERE. ALL RIGHT? THEY JUST AIN’T GOING TO GET IT DONE AGAINST SOME OF THESE DEFENSES LIKE A JESSE MINOR JESSE MINER’S GOING. WAIT, LOOK AT THIS SWEETIE. OKAY. THROWS A SLANT. HE THROWS A BACK SHOULDER. HE THROWS A FLAT ROUTE. ALL RIGHT, GUYS. HEY, HE CAN TEACH HIS GUYS LIKE HEY, THERE’S THERE’S THESE ROUTE COMBINATIONS. THERE’S NOT THAT MANY COMBINATIONS. WHEN YOU SEE THIS GUY, DO THAT. THE OTHER GUY’S GOING TO DO THIS. SO BE READY FOR IT. I MEAN, THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY’RE JUST TOO PREDICTABLE ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL. IT’S OKAY TO BE PREDICTABLE ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL, IF YOU CAN, SMASH MOUTH, RUN THE FOOTBALL AND GET PEOPLE COMPROMISE THAT WAY. BUT WHEN YOU CAN’T DO EITHER 1, YEAH, THEN THE PASSING GAME HAS TO BE MORE INTRICATE, MORE DETAILED, MORE CREATIVE AND IT’S JUST NOT THAT WAY FOR THEM. LET LET ON TOP OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH WEAPONS ON THE ON AT THE RECEIVER POSITION. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I AGAIN, I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THAT MATTERS. WE’VE SEEN AARON RODGERS THE LAST FEW YEARS. HE’S JUST HE’S NOT WILLING TO MAKE THROWS AND THROW BALLS INTO TIGHT WINDOWS, ESPECIALLY DOWN THE MIDDLE OF FIELD. AND IT’S JUST TOO HARD TO WIN GAMES. WHEN YOU CHOP, YOU KNOW, A LEG OFF LIKE THAT OF OF YOUR OFFENSE AND WHERE YOU CAN ATTACK. YES, OR NO. IS THIS HIS LAST SEASON? YES. I THINK SO TOO. RIGHT THERE WAS SOME TALK IN PITTSBURGH. MAYBE HE’LL COME BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND I’VE SAID, NO, NO. LOOK AT THE WHOLE. BRETT FAVRE IN MINNESOTA THING. IT’S NEVER GOING TO BE AS GOOD THE SECOND YEAR AS IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR. AND THE SECOND YEAR MAY JUST UNDERMINE THE FIRST YEAR. THIS FIRST YEAR ISN’T GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH. THEY NEEDED TO GET TO THE PLAYOFFS AND WIN A PLAYOFF GAME TO JUSTIFY EVERYTHING THEY’VE DONE. THEY MAY NOT GET TO THE PLAYOFFS, SO LET ME TYPE IT IS THE THE THING THAT SAVES THEM IS IT’S THE AFC AND JACKSONVILLE AS WE SIT HERE RIGHT NOW IS THE 7 SEEDS, WHO KNOWS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, BUT THE CHIEFS ARE ARE IN THE MIX TOO. THAT’S GOING TO BE THE PROBLEM. THE CHIEFS ARE IN THE MIX, TOO. YEAH. FOR THAT I THINK SO TOO. RIGHT THERE THE SO YOU, THEY MAYBE CAN RIGHT NOW AND GO MAN, THE WAY IT LOOKS. I CERT

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48 comments

  5. The whole coaching staff needs to go till that happens the Steelers will never get back to the super bowl let alone win a super bowl till that happens things will stay the same

  6. He's right the Steelers run game is ranked 30th. They're easy to beat this year you just bottle up the run getting Rodgers face and wait for the defense to make a mistake. Didn't Tomlin's team lose a bunch at the end last year too. Repeat but it's worse this year 😂.. Ravens will win that div by 3 games and started 1-5 lol😅

  7. wait, you telling me the savior Aaron Rogers is still the blaming child he always is and that he's walked all over Smith in the Off. choices…
    Smiths Off. Scheme was trash in Atlanta, its been trash since he's gotten to the Steelers… It wasn't Russ as an issue last year, it was Smith locking him down and the Defense folding like a cheap deck chair…

  9. Arthur Smith a couple games ago stopped running to the right, when it was working, but kept doing it last night when it wasn't, except when Warren hurdled dude. Rodgers played like trash. The defense hung in there until late in the game. Jesus, even Boz missed a field goal when he was going to be our only points until garbage time.

  11. The chargers had 314 yds of offense. Steelers D wasn't the problem. A Complimentary performance by the offense would have made that game very winnable.

  18. The biggest concern is this team isn't just losing..they have become somthing they have never been for years now..the brunt of many jokes on mondays..there pathetic.would I be sad if Tomlin was fired? Not at all..but would be fine with him if ya strip away any n all personal decisions..draft free agents..keep him outa of any of these conversations

  20. You boys can talk all you want, it doesn't matter. This 'standard' has worn out. Time for wholesale changes starting with the entire coaching staff. We have all these overpaid veterans and they go out and play like a D3 college team. There is no finger pointing to take place, it's the entire team standing in front of a mirror…..there, there's your problem. Terrible.

  22. Until they fire Tomlin things will be the same. He keep hiring these reject OC, who moo one else wants. And he's to loyal to bad coaches and players

  25. creddit the chargers defense, Yes, they missed on a couple open plays, but the chargers defense also STOPPED them on 3rd and 4th down. One int was on Rodgers, he overthrew the receiver. the other was on the receiver, perfect pass deflected off his hand. Chrgers capitalized on their mistakes. without the turnovers, it's a close game.

  26. It's always interesting to me when the chargers beat a good team all the talking heads do is talk about the defeated team and not the chargers. Chargers are going to smoke the AFC and not get noticed until it's too late.

  31. Justin Herbert is not MVP caliber. He’s just No. 2 in passing yards, no. 1 rushing, no. 3 in TDs with 8 picks while getting hit the most ever. He’s not valuable at all. Nope. 😑

  32. They better learn how to run the ball 24/7 like COWHER did.

    Cowher would be fine with 3.3 yards per attempt.

    Tomlin doesn't have the patience and composite for that and it's hurting us.

  42. When are these teams going to realize that Rodgers is washed. If he was still the quarterback he was, he wouldn't be on his third team, he would still be with the Packers

  44. I can picture Rodgers just getting physically worn down as the season goes on. I get that he's still in better shape than 99% of us will ever be, but being over 40 and middle aged is a bear. Only Tom Brady seems to be that freak who played great in his 40s.

  46. Key words – playing against backups….Chargers O line equals 3 backup backup players + a 4th string RB in Kimani Vidal…7-3…imagine if Slater n Alt had never gotten injured???…time to give Chargers some props…

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