{"id":329267,"date":"2025-12-04T03:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/329267\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T03:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:44:07","slug":"aaron-rodgers-got-no-questions-about-his-eyebrow-raising-remarks-from-sunday-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/329267\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers got no questions about his eyebrow-raising remarks from Sunday (updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw unnamed teammates under the bus in October for not showing up for and\/or being late to arrive at player-only film sessions, the reporters covering the team responded \u2014 correctly \u2014 like a school of piranhas. After Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers strongly (and, as far as tight end Pat Freiermuth is concerned, incorrectly<\/a>) implied that one or more pass-catchers are passing on film sessions<\/a>, the reporters covering the team declined to touch the topic with Rodgers.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, coach Mike Tomlin didn\u2019t get a single question about it<\/a>, during a weekly press conference that lasted roughly 30 minutes. On Wednesday, Rodgers had his first visit with reporters since providing what was the answer to the final question of his post-game press conference on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t asked a single question about it.<\/p>\n

In fairness to the reporters, Rodgers spoke for only three minutes and 41 seconds<\/a>. Still, when P.R. director Burt Lauten gave the \u201ctwo more\u201d and \u201clast one\u201d warning, no one asked about the topic that was crying out to be addressed.<\/p>\n

Reporters are the conduit for football fans. They seek answers that the public wants. Who wouldn\u2019t want to know more about the turd that Rodgers casually dropped into the punch bowl as he capped his press conference after Sunday\u2019s 26-7 loss to the Bills?<\/p>\n

Yes, there\u2019s a certain symbiosis that goes along with covering a team. Anyone who stands out as an agitator gets treated accordingly when seeking special access or other things that the team can give to any reporter it chooses \u2014 including the reporters who are paid by the team to cover the team.<\/p>\n

Still, there are certain circumstances in which that dynamic must be ignored. The folks who cover the Dolphins knew that Tua\u2019s comments opened the door to a bunch of questions, for a bunch of people. When it came to Tomlin and Rodgers, the folks covering the Steelers opted to tiptoe around what should have been the hottest topic.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of the basic problems with the press-conference approach. The various individuals can step back and wait for someone else to ask the question that will earn the \u201casshole of the week\u201d award. And so, if each one declines to step up, the question goes unanswered.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s precisely what happened in Pittsburgh, both with Tomlin and with Rodgers.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s inexcusable. It\u2019s collective malpractice. And it does nothing to advance the basic reason that people get paychecks to cover the ins and outs and ups and downs of an NFL team.<\/p>\n

UPDATED 6:53 p.m. ET: Apparently, Rodgers was asked at least one question about his remarks, as part of a 10-minute session with reporters. The Steelers, however, did not post that portion of the press conference on their website<\/a> or on their YouTube channel<\/a>. We\u2019ve asked the team to explain the failure to post the full comments, and we\u2019ll be posting a new item with the specific question(s) Rodgers was asked, along with his answer(s).<\/p>\n

UPDATED 9:51 p.m. ET: We\u2019ve obtained and reviewed the full video of Rodgers\u2019s Wednesday press conference. He was asked one question<\/a> about his comments. One day after coach Mike Tomlin was asked none.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw unnamed teammates under the bus in October for not showing up for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-329267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}