NFL preseason live updates: Aaron Rodgers won't play a snap for Steelers this preseason

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We cannot get our first in-game glimpse of Aaron Rodgers because the Pittsburgh Steelers’ beginning quarterback till Week 1.

Head coach Mike Tomlin instructed media Tuesday that Rodgers will sit out the preseason finale Thursday in opposition to the Carolina Panthers, together with vast receiver DK Metcalf, who additionally hasn’t performed this preseason. Tomlin additionally mentioned Steelers veterans T.J. Watt and Cam Heyward, who participated in team drills Tuesday amid his contract dispute, will not play Thursday.

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Rodgers not taking part in within the preseason is nothing new for him, or veteran quarterbacks actually. He is solely performed one preseason recreation since 2018, for the New York Jets in 2023 as he was acclimating to a brand new staff.

It may need made sense for Rodgers to play not less than a collection for Pittsburgh this month, given questions over the schematic match with offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. Yahoo Sports activities’ Nate Tice broke down the partnership on Football 301’s AFC North preview, and famous Rodgers is not cell anymore, would not prefer to throw over the center of the sector the place extra of the big-play alternatives are, and likes to take his time on the line of scrimmage with little or no pre-snap movement, all of which conflicts on some stage with what Smith has historically needed his offenses to do.

That mentioned, Rodgers has spoken fondly of the connection so far between himself and Smith, and Smith has said he is establishing the offense round Rodgers’ talent set. And Tomlin gave a straight reply for why he was snug with Rodgers not taking part in in preseason.

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“I am snug with what I’ve seen out right here,” he mentioned, via NFL Network.

There you may have it. We’ll see Rodgers play for the Steelers in Week 1 — at the Jets, because it occurs.

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