{"id":918598,"date":"2026-06-14T10:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T10:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/918598\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T10:48:14","slug":"drew-allar-explains-how-aaron-rodgers-is-already-coaching-him-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/918598\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Allar Explains How Aaron Rodgers Is Already Coaching Him Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rookie Drew Allar might be in Mike McCarthy\u2019s \u201cQB School\u201d<\/a>, but he\u2019s also learning on the job from Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers\u2019 starting quarterback and a future Hall of Famer, Rodgers has been open with his knowledge and experience. He helped nurture Will Howard a year ago as a rookie<\/a>, and now he\u2019s doing the same for the newcomer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAaron\u2019s been a huge help to not only me, but the whole room\u201d, Allar said of Rodgers via the Steelers\u2019 website<\/a>. \u201cBut with me specifically, he\u2019s pulled me aside during practice to talk through some drill work or things to focus on throughout different drills. In the film room, just asking me questions of what I was seeing, what I was looking at, and why. Giving me a lot of knowledge. I\u2019m really excited to keep learning from him. Obviously, he\u2019s one of the best to ever do it in this game, so the opportunity I have is one I\u2019m not gonna take for granted\u201d.<\/p>\n

Unlike last year, Aaron Rodgers reported in time for OTAs. During the 2025 offseason, he signed shortly before the veteran minicamp, which he did not participate in. That means Drew Allar has already had considerably more access to him than Will Howard did a year ago.<\/p>\n

This time, Rodgers has already said this will be his last season, though, which adds another wrinkle. While they want to win with Rodgers this year, the Steelers also want to develop and evaluate their young quarterbacks. That goes for both Allar and Howard, the latter of whom many predict will be the backup this season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Steelers drafted Drew Allar in the third round, believing in his talent and natural ability. And also believing in McCarthy and his track record of developing quarterbacks. They hope it is the ideal combination of talent, development, and value that will result in a home-run move.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s up to McCarthy, Brian Angelichio, and Tom Arth to coach Allar, Aaron Rodgers is also clearly and willingly a part of his development. Going back to last year, he\u2019s spoken of his desire to give back to the game<\/a>. A big part of that is passing on the knowledge he\u2019s accumulated over decades of playing.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one advantage Kenny Pickett, the Steelers\u2019 2022 first-round pick, never had, stuck instead with Mason Rudolph and Mitch Trubisky. And Matt Canada, for that matter. Clearly, the Steelers have a much better, more nurturing environment for their current young quarterbacks. And while intentionally or not, Rodgers is very much a part of that for both Allar and Howard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rookie Drew Allar might be in Mike McCarthy\u2019s \u201cQB School\u201d, but he\u2019s also learning on the job from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[1586,1800,7,6,520,57,2360,426,691],"class_list":["post-918598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-drew-allar","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-steelers","tag-trending"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116748071930104106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918598","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=918598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}