{"id":118815,"date":"2025-06-10T13:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/118815\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:53:15","slug":"browns-cb-greg-newsome-sees-himself-picking-off-aaron-rodgers-both-in-cleveland-and-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/118815\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns CB Greg Newsome Sees Himself Picking Off Aaron Rodgers ‘Both In Cleveland And Pittsburgh’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Rodgers hasn\u2019t even donned a Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 helmet yet after signing late last week<\/a>, and already a member of the Cleveland Browns is talking smack.<\/p>\n

That would be veteran cornerback Greg Newsome II, who has had plenty of run-ins with the Steelers over the years, most notably last season\u2019s dust-up with former receiver George Pickens on a Hail Mary attempt late<\/a> in the Week 12 matchup.<\/p>\n

Appearing on NFL Network\u2019s Good Morning Football Tuesday, Newsome stated that he \u201cdefinitely\u201d sees himself picking off Rodgers in 2025, both in Cleveland and in Pittsburgh, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the Steelers, that\u2019s our arch nemesis. So, definitely see that [picking off Rodgers] happening, both in Cleveland and in Pittsburgh,\u201d Newsome said, according to video via NFL Network.<\/a> \u201cSo, it can happen in a multitude of ways. The tipped pass by some of the great d-linemen we got, just a great play against a guy like DK Metcalf and [Pat] Freiermuth.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think there\u2019s a lot of different ways, but I\u2019m super excited because I think this is the best division in football, so adding a guy like him, it\u2019s gonna make it even tougher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Careful what you wish for, Greg.<\/p>\n

Though Rodgers is 41 years old and near the end of his career the veteran quarterback can still sling the ball around at a respectable level. His arm still has plenty of juice left in it, and he\u2019s coming off a five-game stretch to close the 2024 season with the New York Jets in which he played relatively well.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s stepping into a better situation in Pittsburgh with a good defense, a running game behind him, a No. 1 receiver in DK Metcalf and some intriguing weapons in veteran TE Pat Freiermuth, as well as young receivers Calvin Austin III and Roman Wilson to work with.<\/p>\n

Historically, Rodgers does a great job of avoiding turnovers. But across his last few healthy seasons, he\u2019s thrown 23 interceptions with 11 last season with the New York Jets<\/a> and 12 in his final season with the Green Bay Packers. That said, prior to those two seasons, Rodgers had 11 straight seasons of single-digit interceptions<\/a> from 2011-2021, including five seasons with five or less interceptions.<\/p>\n

Pretty impressive.<\/p>\n

And yet, Newsome believes he\u2019s going to pick off Rodgers at least twice, both at home in Cleveland and on the road in Pittsburgh. Those matchups occur<\/a> in Week 6 (at Cleveland at 1 PM) and Week 17 (in Pittsburgh, 1 PM).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a lot of time between games for the two AFC North rivals. Who knows what health will look like for both parties, too, but Newsome is confident he\u2019ll add Rodgers to his mantle of NFL interceptions \u2014 of which he has just three, none of which have occurred against the Steelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers hasn\u2019t even donned a Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 helmet yet after signing late last week, and already a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[1586,86,85,54,2337,7,5965,9041,6,126,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-118815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-browns","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-browns","12":"tag-clevelandbrowns","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-good-morning-football","15":"tag-greg-newsome-ii","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-network","18":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114659407383804892","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}