{"id":135628,"date":"2025-09-11T07:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/135628\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:33:08","slug":"packers-legend-aaron-rodgers-takes-shot-at-nfl-while-praising-steelers-dk-metcalfs-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/135628\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers legend Aaron Rodgers takes shot at NFL while praising Steelers’ DK Metcalf’s greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers pulled off a major offseason trade to acquire DK Metcalf. The only problem at the time? They didn\u2019t have a quarterback. Now, that\u2019s changed \u2014 the Steelers have Aaron Rodgers under center to throw to Metcalf, even if it\u2019s likely just for one season. While not officially confirmed, Rodgers isn\u2019t expected to play beyond this year.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I’m pretty sure this is it,” said Rodgers. “That’s why we just did a one-year deal. Steelers didn’t need to put any extra years on that or anything, so this was really about finishing with a lot of love and fun and peace for the career that I’ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was initial concern about whether Rodgers and Metcalf would mesh, especially given their differing play styles and intense personalities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill a wideout who typically does most of his damage as an outside deep threat defeating man-to-man coverage grow frustrated playing with Rodgers, especially given their combustible on-field personas and his growing propensity to stay inside the numbers? (And especially given Rodgers\u2019 own combustible on-field persona and propensity to telegraph shade at teammates who don\u2019t run routes to his specifications?) Don\u2019t be surprised, despite Rodgers’ private workouts with Metcalf,\u201d USA Today\u2019s Nate Davis wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Rodgers addressed what makes Metcalf so valuable \u2014 and seemed to take a subtle shot at the rest of the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s about the right stuff. He cares about it enough to watch the film and put in the time and take notes and ask questions and come over and sit next to me during the week \u2026 that\u2019s unfortunately not the standard around the league,\u201d Rodgers told the media.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rodgers and Metcalf are shaping up to be a great duo this season, and it all starts with how they prepare. The two had connected rooms during training camp, and it\u2019s clear they\u2019ve built a bond. Metcalf brings a rare work ethic in today\u2019s NFL, and as a veteran, Rodgers clearly appreciates that. The Steelers appear to have something special brewing \u2014 and this early chemistry between two of their top players is a great sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers pulled off a major offseason trade to acquire DK Metcalf. The only problem at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-135628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}