via video posted by Steelers Live on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cSo I really just appreciate him being willing to take me under his wing a little bit and give me pointers and tips here and there. There\u2019s already some things he\u2019s said to me that have already helped me. So I\u2019m just excited to learn as much as I can from that guy and take everything he says and put it in the bank.\u201d<\/p>\nHoward mentioned specifically that Rodgers has helped him with his five-step drop, and the tweaks he made he could tell were for the better during practice today.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me on my five-step drops, \u2018hey don\u2019t get too wide on the top of your drop, keep your base a little tighter just so you can generate more force.\u2019 And that was just something he said yesterday that already helped me out today. Out there on the field, I could tell, that was an impact for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Howard said on the first day of team meetings, he helped Rodgers learn what the Steelers have added to their playbook.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found ourselves sitting next to each other in the unit meeting, it was pretty cool, it was Day 1, and obviously there\u2019s some new things that we threw in, and he\u2019s asking me, \u2018Hey what\u2019s this again?\u2019 And I\u2019m telling him, and I\u2019m like, \u2018What is going on right now? This is crazy, I\u2019m telling Aaron Rodgers.’\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s much more that Howard will be able to learn from Rodgers than vice versa moving forward. But Howard, who got an earlier start on the playbook and on the field with the Steelers ahead of Rodgers, can help him get up to speed with Pittsburgh\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n
With the gap between the end of minicamp today and training camp, Rodgers likely won\u2019t need any help knowing the concepts and figuring out the playbook. But throughout minicamp, Howard\u2019s relationship with Rodgers has been mutually beneficial, and it\u2019s one that could grow throughout the year.<\/p>\n
It also shows a lot that Rodgers isn\u2019t looking down on the players already in the building and is open to asking questions about what he doesn\u2019t know. He doesn\u2019t have an attitude as a veteran quarterback who has accomplished a lot in the league and won\u2019t ask for help.<\/p>\n
Rodgers signed just a one-year deal, and the 41-year-old quarterback might not have more than one season left in the tank. Howard, while a sixth-round pick, could have the opportunity to compete for the Steelers\u2019 starting job down the line. Soaking up as much information from Rodgers and learning from the four-time league MVP will be important for his development. Rodgers has already been offering Howard pointers, and the more that continues and Howard can grow his game, the better it will be for him in the short and long term.<\/p>\n
Rodgers said in his introductory press conference<\/a> that he sat next to Howard in the meeting room and is going to help him out as much as he can. Howard said he\u2019s been embracing any advice Rodgers can give him, and with a rookie willing to learn and a veteran willing to teach, Rodgers could wind up being a perfect mentor.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s positive for the Steelers that Aaron Rodgers, even though he just got in the building, is already willing to dole out advice, even for the little things he sees, like a five-step drop. Jordan Love credited Rodgers for being a good mentor during his time in Green Bay, and Howard could have a similar experience throughout the year with his relationship with Pittsburgh\u2019s starting quarterback continuing to grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Aaron Rodgers\u2019 roles with the Pittsburgh Steelers will be to help mentor rookie quarterback Will Howard.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1586,7,6,14935,691,2183],"class_list":{"0":"post-125622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-steelers-live","12":"tag-trending","13":"tag-will-howard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114673948050028237","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125622","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=125622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}