Aaron Rodgers Reveals What He Told Steelers Ol Who Tackled Him During Td Celebration

After 1 of Aaron Rodgers’s 4 touchdown passes during Thursday’s nonaccomplishment to nan Bengals, Steelers tackle Broderick Jones was very eager to observe pinch nan franchise's quarterback.

Rodgers connected pinch tight extremity Pat Freiermuth connected a sensational 68-yard touchdown walk during nan game. While moving to nan extremity area to observe pinch his teammates, Rodgers was unexpectedly taken down from behind. It wasn’t a tackle from an opposing subordinate that brought down Rodgers, but alternatively his ain teammate’s overzealous effort to observe nan touchdown pinch him.

Rodgers was efficaciously tackled by his ain protector, and he didn’t look excessively happy astir it successful nan moment. On Wednesday, Rodgers was asked astir nan incident and made clear there’s thing but emotion betwixt him and Jones. He besides joked that was nan only clip he was tackled successful nan loss.

"Brod is ever nan first 1 to travel find maine aft a play. It could beryllium a first large walk down to D.K. [Metcalf] connected 3rd down, he's coming and dapping maine up. What you don't spot aft nan video is he's coming complete to maine and shaking maine and shaking me," Rodgers said while smiling, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.

He revealed nan matter connection he sent his much-younger teammate aft nan game, saying, ”I emotion everything you're about, but also, I’m 41—You can’t beryllium tackling maine for illustration that.”

”I emotion Brod, we had a mates laughs astir it and I told him I’m getting him next. He amended watch his back."

Rodgers surely seems to bask Jones’s power and enthusiasm, contempt having to punctual him that he's a spot excessively aged to beryllium roughousing to that degree.

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