{"id":706579,"date":"2026-06-16T02:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T02:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706579\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T02:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T02:09:06","slug":"drew-allar-is-being-mentored-by-aaron-rodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706579\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Allar is being mentored by Aaron Rodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vikings reportedly shied away from Aaron Rodgers in 2025 due in part to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47484594\/nfl-minnesota-vikings-jj-mccarthy-wentz-brosmer-kevin-oconnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">impact of his freelancing style<\/a> on the ability of J.J. McCarthy to learn from him.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers are embracing the things Rodgers can teach rookie Drew Allar. As Allar tells it, Rodgers is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith me, specifically, he\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/steelers-qb-drew-allar-soaking-210258120.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pulled me aside<\/a> during practice to talk through some drill work or things to focus on through different drills,\u201d Allar said last week, via Jarrett Bailey of SB Nation. \u201cIn the film room, [he\u2019s] just asking me questions of what I was seeing, what I was looking at and why. [He\u2019s] giving me a lot of good 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 going to take for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Allar needs to learn how to run the Pittsburgh offense. More broadly, Allar needs to learn how to play the position. Rodgers has more than two decades of experience. <\/p>\n<p>When Rodgers was drafted by the Packers, Allar was only 13 months old.<\/p>\n<p>With Rodgers the clear starter for 2026, it makes sense for Allar to soak up everything he can. Rodgers admittedly is in his last year; there\u2019s no reason to keep any of his cards close to the vest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vikings reportedly shied away from Aaron Rodgers in 2025 due in part to the impact of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-706579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706579","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=706579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}