NFL's Prime Time Strategy: Rodgers & Steelers' Drama

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00:00I'm just getting right to it.

00:02I think the league is banking on Rodgers and the Steelers

00:06filling these primetime slots, and not Rudolph and the Steelers.

00:12What do you make of it all?

00:14That's certainly fair to say that they'd be rooting for a compelling matchup like that.

00:19I guess I would push back a little bit on your excitement for it

00:23in saying that while the Jets experiment didn't work out,

00:29the Jets experiment obviously didn't work out.

00:32But does it make it compelling for him to come back to New York?

00:36Obviously, there'd be Jets fans booing him and fired up about it.

00:41But it wasn't really just a failure on Aaron Rodgers' part.

00:47I think this is an organizational failure.

00:50There was obviously a major injury involved.

00:53Of course, it's compelling.

00:55But to me, not as compelling as Lamar versus Josh,

00:59despite the fact that we know that Lamar and Josh Allen will be around later in the season.

01:06Do these types of fringe playoff teams like the Steelers and maybe the Jets,

01:11does this game matter more to them?

01:13I think that's the thing, right?

01:15It's like we're going to get Lamar versus Josh another 7, 8, 9, 10 times.

01:20I don't remember, maybe you could recall something better than I can,

01:25where Soto very recently just went to the Bronx, right?

01:29And we saw what that brings out.

01:31We see that sometimes in the NBA, all things depending on the situation.

01:36I try and think about a player leaving somewhere that was really, really important

01:40and then coming back and getting booze, right?

01:43Brady's first game as a buck wasn't in New England.

01:46And again, they probably would have thanked him.

01:48Peyton's first game after leaving the Colts was, you know, not in Indianapolis, right?

01:54That's not really how that all played out.

01:57And again, those were left on much friendlier terms.

02:00And you're, by the way, yeah, it's not all Rodgers' fault.

02:04But here's the thing.

02:05A lot of the guys that Rodgers blamed are gone,

02:08and it was the new regime that kind of seemingly stuck it to him on the way out

02:13by making him fly to the building to be told, leave.

02:17So I just think there's a lot there, and it doesn't hurt the fact that there's no way

02:23I don't grab a field goal with the Jets at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers

02:27and maybe a little over 39 and a half.

02:30We're starting sub-40 week one, Mike.

02:32Weather should be beautiful.

02:33I love the fact that you, despite the fact that we have Lamar Jackson vs. Josh Allen in week one

02:40and the Lions going to Lambeau in week one, you're like, you know what?

02:44Let's fire up MetLife.

02:45Let's get fired up for a field goal game in New Jersey.

02:49What do you think Mason Rudolph might be playing against Justin Fields?

02:53Possibility, certainly.

02:54So I'm picking up what you're throwing down.

02:57It obviously would be a compelling storyline.

02:59There's not these scheduling things that happen both in the NFL,

03:05and we obviously see it in March Madness as well.

03:07These are not accidents.

03:08These are done purposely.

03:11Absolutely, and I think they did a great job.

03:13And I will say, I think I'm very, every time I talk about this, I'm so rude to Fields.

03:17But he's a great storyline, but he's like storyline 12 for me in this little battle that we have,

03:25despite maybe his rushing yards prop being the best bet on the board in that game.

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