{"id":285573,"date":"2026-09-14T07:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285573\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:21:15","slug":"aaron-rodgers-shades-teammates-after-steelers-win-over-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285573\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers Shades Teammates After Steelers\u2019 Win Over Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Rodgers<\/a> threw some not-so-subtle shade at his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates and NFL officials after the team\u2019s season-opening victory over the Atlanta Falcons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we did a lot of good things out there,\u201d Rodgers, 42, told sports commentator Pam Oliver<\/a> while speaking to reporters after his Sunday, September 13, win. \u201cWe had a chance to be really, really explosive. We had a couple drops, a couple off targets, a couple non-calls, looked like penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Steelers defeated the Falcons 20-13 in their season opener at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Sunday. Despite their win, the Steelers endured a few sluggish moments that included unnecessary penalties and dropped passes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a 40-yard PI. It could have been a touchdown,\u201d Rodgers continued of his teammates\u2019 play on Sunday. \u201cWe had a couple other ones \u2014 could have been big plays. So, you know, we were just a little bit off. But they got a good scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n

The quarterback added, \u201cIt\u2019s good to be out of here. One and zero.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodgers also opened up about reuniting with coach Mike McCarthy, who spent 13 seasons leading the Green Bay Packers during Rodgers\u2019 tenure with the team. McCarthy, who was fired by Green Bay in 2018, took over as the Steelers ahead of the 2026 NFL season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m enjoying it for sure,\u201d Rodgers told Oliver. \u201cTo be back here with Mike, about to give him this game ball, which will be really special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodgers also gave a shoutout to linebacker T.J. Watt, brother of retired defensive end and future hall-of-famer J.J. Watt, noting that he played an \u201cunbelievable\u201d game.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been on a different level this entire camp. I\u2019m so proud of him. I love the way he leads,\u201d he continued before shouting out defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, whom Rodgers called \u201cthe epitome of a Pittsburgh Steeler.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers knows he may be about to play his last game on Sunday, January 4. Ahead of the Steelers\u2019 do-or-die regular season finale against the Baltimore Ravens \u2014 one that Pittsburgh needs to win to make the playoffs \u2014 Rodgers, 42, reflected on his impending free agency and potential retirement decision. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to share this team with him, to be able to share in the leadership opportunity is really, really special in my last year, and I\u2019m just so thankful for just the opportunity [to] back out here and play the game I love with guys I really respect and love as well,\u201d Rodgers concluded.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s game marked the last first game of Rodgers\u2019 NFL career as he enjoys his final run after 22 seasons. (The athlete was drafted in 2005 by the Packers and spent 18 seasons with the team until 2022. He moved on to New York Jets for two seasons, 2023 and 2024, before finishing up his career with the Steelers beginning in 2025.)<\/p>\n

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Rodgers confirmed his retirement in May, telling reporters at the time, \u201cYes, this is it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, Rodgers shared how he hopes to spend his retirement<\/a>, teasing that he\u2019d like to start a family with his mystery wife, Brittani.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hopefully going to be supporting my pregnant wife because we\u2019re going to start a family and I am not going to be making a lot of appearances or statements,\u201d he told Adam Schein of SiriusXM\u2019s Mad Dog Sports Radio on Tuesday, September 8. \u201cAnd I\u2019m looking forward to a life of quiet after 22 years in the pros and three in college and getting my body healed up and working on a family. That\u2019s what I\u2019m looking forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers threw some not-so-subtle shade at his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates and NFL officials after the team\u2019s season-opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[139,73,75,74,726],"class_list":["post-285573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}