Three-time SB champion excited for Aaron Rodgers-led Steelers: 'He's going to tear it up'
Three-time SB champion excited for Aaron Rodgers-led Steelers: 'He's going to tear it up'
Aaron Rodgers definitely has his fair share of doubters heading into the 2025 season — but three-time Super Bowl champion Mark Schlereth isn't one of them.
On a recent episode of The Rich Eisen Show, Schlereth touched on the Jets' inefficient run game and Rodgers' lingering injuries, then explained how great the future Hall of Fame QB looked at the end of the 2024 season:
"Toward the end of the season, when I dug through the three games that I always watch as I'm prepping — I'm breaking down the coach's film, three games — I was like, 'Damn, Aaron can play,'" Schlereth said. "And then I'm watching him pregame on Sunday morning, and pregame I'm watching him throw the football versus the way a bunch of 25-year-olds throw the football — and it's like varsity versus JV. That dude can still rip it. … If [Rodgers] is healthy, and you've got [the Steelers run game], mixed with that play-action game, he's going to tear it up."
The Jets had the second-worst rushing offense in terms of yards last season — and while OC Arthur Smith made it clear the Steelers didn't acquire Rodgers and DK Metcalf to "run the wishbone," the four-time MVP should have a drastically better running game to work with in 2025.
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