Aaron Rodgers has a brutally honest response when asked about what has caused back-to-back losses for the Pittsburgh Steelers
It’s time for the Steelers to take a look in the mirror.
If you can count on anything from Aaron Rodgers, it’s accountability. Sure, he’s not the same athlete he once was, but he’s every bit the competitor and locker-room leader who has dominated the NFL for the past 20 years.
And for the Pittsburgh Steelers, that’s exactly what they need right now. Riding a two-game losing streak, as they head into arguably their toughest test of the year against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, it’s time to take a long look in the mirror for the Steelers.
And that’s exactly what Rodgers has in mind.
Aaron Rodgers says it’s time for the Steelers to face the music
“Well, just an honest assessment, I think, setting feelings aside and being okay with criticism for any position, any player, and being honest about what we need to do to improve, and then we can’t beat ourselves,” said Rodgers after the game when asked how to get back on track. “I think in the three losses, there’s been times we’ve had opportunities, and we’ve hurt ourselves with turnovers or just negative plays. So we got to cut those out. We got to get the same page on offense and defense and keep the faith.”
Where Rodgers really hits the nail on the head is with the little things. What the defense did is inexcusable, no question. But what’s even worse is seeing the personal fouls on players like Nick Herbig on special teams, or penalties like DK Metcalf’s eye poke that set the team back.
“We had too many penalties, too many plays, and I wasn’t accurate enough on third down, added Rodgers. “We weren’t creating enough space. But we’ll look at the film, and we’ll get better, and we got a good team coming in next week. When you look at those, is it more about what are we doing third and long? Or what did we do to not get it? Either we had a sack on first down, [or] we had a 15 yard penalty on third and two after the play that went to third and 17. Those are not conversion plays.”
The bottom line is, the Steelers were up 16-7 with the ball coming out of the half, and they blew the game. The inability to stick with the run game and the defensive meltdown are part of that, but the lack of discipline was also a major factor.
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