Aaron Rodgers officially becomes A Pittsburgh Steeler after months of speculation

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Aaron Rodgers is officially a Pittsburgh Steeler. Shan, RJ, and Bobby react to the shocking move 80 days into the offseason. Bobby breaks down what it could mean for Mike Tomlin’s leadership and Pittsburgh’s playoff hopes. He also questions whether Rodgers can truly buy into Tomlin’s culture and how much of the Jets' collapse falls on him. They discuss his potential contract, Vegas win totals, and the Steelers’ schedule. Can Rodgers recapture his form in the AFC North, or will this be a disaster?

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00:00give us your homework on why you think this could work i wanted to look first off i pulled up his

00:22numbers yesterday his numbers were a lot better than i remembered that they were last year so he

00:28was 28 touchdowns 11 picks 6.7 yards per attempt i thought all those numbers were worse than that

00:34last year same um it's not top tier but it's not the worst at all like you can win with somebody

00:40playing like that in fact so i looked it up the the times that a pittsburgh quarterback has gotten

00:45at least 28 touchdowns 11 or fewer interceptions and 6.7 yards per attempt it's happened one time

00:50in their entire franchise history it was ben roethlisberger in 2014 that's it so i mean this

00:55is if they get that level of play that he showed with the jets last year that's as good of

01:00quarterback play statistically as they've gotten in a while so if you break it down to just the final

01:0510 games and look at the last 10 games of the season so give him seven weeks to adjust coming

01:09off of the achilles everything else over that time he threw 18 touchdowns four interceptions

01:14his passer rating was 97 all of those numbers were top 10 in the nfl during that time in fact over the

01:20last 10 games of the season which is the majority of the schedule that's you know first seven versus

01:2410 he had more touchdown passes fewer interceptions a higher completion percentage and a higher passer

01:30rating than josh allen who won the league mvp

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