The Pittsburgh Steelers have a new starting quarterback this season in four-time league MVP Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers is bringing Super Bowl experience and a stabilizing presence to the Steelers’ locker room.
Now, one of the other quarterbacks on the Steelers roster is giving his honest opinion of Rodgers, according to Blitzburgh.
“I think he gets misinterpreted a lot because people judge a book by its cover and don’t really know him. I’m not claiming that I really know him, but just being around him on a daily basis, he’s a good dude, cares about his teammates, holds people accountable,” Skylar Thompson said.
“There’s a real desire for greatness that he expects all the time, and that’s been a great perspective for me. He comes out here every day with a smile on his face. Whatever music is playing, you see him singing sometimes.
“Sometimes, you see him playing the air guitar. You can just tell he’s in his safe place. He’s just himself every single day. When we’re off the field, he loves being around the guys. He’s not too big for anyone. That’s really cool because not everybody’s like that, and he wants to be like everybody else. Just a really good dude.”
Thompson might be right about Rodgers, as the veteran is showing his maturity in looking past disparaging comments his teammates may have made about him in the past, before he signed with the Steelers.
“Well, I think there’s a great quote in a TV show that I enjoyed called Ted Lasso. Ted talks about one of his favorite quotes: be curious, not judgmental,” Rodgers said, according to Blitzburgh.
“And I think that’s kind of how I wanted to approach this season and anybody that said anything, I try and put myself in their shoes as much as possible. And I respect the hell outta you and what you’ve accomplished in the game and your leadership from afar, it seems like you’re the type of leader that I’d wanna play with. So when you said that I didn’t take offense to that at all.”
It’ll be interesting to see what Rodgers has left in the tank this season.
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Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.