On Monday evening, the Pittsburgh Steelers continued their winning ways with a 28-15 home victory over the Miami Dolphins in prime time, keeping their spot atop the AFC North standings in the process. It was a solid day at the office for quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who completed 23 of his 27 pass attempts for 224 yards and two touchdowns, against no interceptions, in the victory.
On Tuesday, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin got 100% honest on how Rodgers is embracing December football.
“Having a guy that's been there and done that, it benefits him, it benefits us as a collective… it's just certain conversations and things that you don't even worry about. We had a significant possession down late in that game, and he affords us an opportunity to run a misdirection pass. You don't even have to tell him, ‘Hey, throw an incompletion, or take a sack, because we want the clock running.' He knows that. He's lived that life,” said Tomlin, per Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on X, formerly Twitter.
Indeed, a couple of bad games aside, Rodgers has mostly performed above expectations so far this year for the Steelers, who still are in the driver's seat to host a playoff game when the postseason gets underway in a few weeks.
Of course, the Baltimore Ravens will have something to say about that down the stretch, having knocked off the Cincinnati Bengals in shutout fashion on the road on Sunday.
The Steelers defeated the Ravens on the road last week, but there is still another matchup at the end of the season looming between the two teams, which very well could effectively be a playoff game to decide the division winner.
Before that, the Steelers will next take the field on Sunday afternoon for a road game against the Detroit Lions at 4:25 pm ET.
