For Aaron Rodgers to succeed with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he\u2019s going to have to build relationships with his new teammates and coaching staff. That doesn\u2019t only happen on the field, and Rodgers\u2019 new head coach is helping him get to know those in the organization.<\/p>\n
Mike Tomlin recently hosted a gathering with Rodgers and some members of the Steelers\u2019 coaching staff, according to Kelvin Reynolds of WBRC 6 News in Alabama<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tomlin hired Archibald\u2019s BBQ owner Woodrow Washington to cook for the event. Washington is a close friend of Steelers defensive line coach Karl Dunbar, as the two are fraternity brothers. According to Reynolds, Tomlin regularly eats at Washington\u2019s restaurant when he attends University of Alabama Pro Days.<\/p>\n It appears that Rodgers was the only player at the cookout. Regardless, it\u2019s good to see him bonding with the coaching staff. It\u2019s also not surprising that Mike Tomlin wanted Rodgers there. Tomlin was reportedly the driving force<\/a> behind Pittsburgh\u2019s decision to sign Rodgers after a drawn-out process.<\/p>\n The two have long had respect for each other. We even saw a glimpse of that during the Steelers\u2019 win over the Jets in Pittsburgh last season. The two shared a head nod after Tomlin called a timeout before Rodgers could catch the Steelers with too many men on the field.<\/p>\n Their mutual respect was evident this offseason as well. During the past few months, Tomlin and the Steelers have been heavily criticized for waiting so long for Rodgers to make a decision due to personal issues. After he signed, Rodgers s<\/a>poke about being grateful<\/a> for the way Tomlin handled the situation.<\/p>\n Throughout that process, plenty of people said plenty of negative things about Rodgers and the way he might adversely affect the Steelers. For now, he\u2019s not bringing any of the entitlement so many expected from him. Rookie sixth-round pick Will Howard has mentioned a few times how helpful<\/a> Rodgers has been to him.<\/p>\n Of course, it is only June. We\u2019ll have to see how things play out as the season progresses. Especially if there ends up being some rocky times during the year. For now, it seems like Aaron Rodgers\u2019 introduction to the organization is going well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Aaron Rodgers to succeed with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he\u2019s going to have to build relationships with his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[1586,7,30082,1255,691,31036],"class_list":{"0":"post-129761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-karl-dunbar","11":"tag-mike-tomlin","12":"tag-trending","13":"tag-wrbc-6-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114682838678634032","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129761","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=129761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}