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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin addressed his confidence in quarterback Aaron Rodgers going forward.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0won\u2019t win many more games this season if quarterback\u00a0Aaron Rodgers\u00a0continues to play like he did in Week 10.<\/p>\n
The performance was clearly Rodgers\u2019 worst performance this season with the Steelers. He posted a 51.6% completion percentage and 5.2 yards per attempt, both of which were season lows. Rodgers also threw two interceptions and took three sacks, one of which resulted in a safety.<\/p>\n
But head coach Mike Tomlin made it clear Tuesday he is confident Rodgers will bounce back and play well the rest of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to chalk it up to an off night. But there are no long-term concerns,\u201d\u00a0Tomlin told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cSunday night was what it was, but I have no long-term reservations about his ability to play the position, and play the position at a high level for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s little doubt that Rodgers played poorly in Week 10. He had a couple opportunities for big plays in the first half, which could have significantly changed the trajectory of the game. Most notably, Rodgers missed\u00a0D.K. Metcalf\u00a0on a long pass that probably would have been a touchdown.<\/p>\n
But while it was a bad night, it makes sense Tomlin still has confidence in the 4-time MVP.<\/p>\n
Rodgers may not be an elite quarterback anymore, but after seven games this season, he was on pace for 3,616 passing yards and 39 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
The past two weeks have been rougher outings for Rodgers but also the Steelers offense overall. The quarterback has completed 62.1% of his passes and averaged 5.5 yards per attempt the last two games. He also had two touchdowns and two interceptions.<\/p>\n
In the first seven contests, Rodgers posted a 68.3% completion percentage, 7.6 yards per pass, 16 touchdowns and five interceptions.<\/p>\n
The Steelers will host the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0on November 17. Cincinnati has one of the weaker defenses in the league from a statistical standpoint.<\/p>\n
So, the Bengals aren\u2019t really a great test for Rodgers and the offense.<\/p>\n
But the Bengals are a test from the sense that if Rodgers struggles again, then there should be a much higher level of concern from Tomlin and the coaching staff.<\/p>\n
In Week 7 against the Bengals, Rodgers completed 67.6% of his passes for 249 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions. He would obviously prefer to avoid the giveaways in the rematch, but other than that, the Steelers would love a repeat performance.<\/p>\n
If the Steelers offense doesn\u2019t play well versus the Bengals on Sunday, it\u2019s going to feel like d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu for the fan base.<\/p>\n
Last year,\u00a0Russell Wilson\u00a0threw for a season-high 414 passing yards with three touchdowns in the first matchup against the Bengals. That was also in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n
But when the teams met for the rematch in Pittsburgh a little more than a month later, Wilson only had 148 passing yards. He went from averaging 10.9 yards per attempt in the first Bengals game to posting 4.8 yards per pass in the second matchup.<\/p>\n
Not only do the Steelers need Rodgers to have a repeat performance against Cincinnati to give the offense confidence going forward, the team needs a win.<\/p>\n
If the Steelers suffered a season sweep with a loss versus the Bengals on Sunday, Pittsburgh will drop to 5-5 and potentially out of sole possession of first place in the AFC North.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0are off to a 2-7 start, and fans have called for head coach Kevin Stefanski to be fired.<\/p>\n
However, it is unlikely that Stefanski\u00a0will be fired this season. Meanwhile, Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot revealed that he is likely to return in 2026. General manager Andrew Berry is also expected back, according to Cabot.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe truth is, we have no idea what they are actually really thinking,\u201d Cabot\u00a0said on 92.3 The Fan. \u201cI know going into it, Jimmy Haslam has indicated, I believe at the owner\u2019s meetings, that he wasn\u2019t holding Kevin and Andrew\u2019s feet to the fire because this was the year they were trying to figure out what they had in one of these rookie quarterbacks. Or, at least at that point, they knew it was going to be one rookie quarterback.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think there was this sense of \u2018win or else\u2019 this season. It was about fact-finding and figuring out what they had and helping them inform what to do in the 2026 draft. I just don\u2019t think this was a year where the expectations were super, crazy high. But, still, you have to see certain things from your football team. \u2026 I do think that Jimmy believes in continuity and alignment in his organization. And, he knows that this is a challenging year with all of the rookies. In a perfect world, he\u2019s going to want to try to maintain that continuity. And, see if they can\u2019t get this thing on the right track with a new quarterback they will probably draft in 2026.<\/p>\n
Cabot believes Haslam still has confidence in Berry and Stefanski, and both could very well return next season with a new quarterback.<\/p>\n
Cleveland has struggled this season as the Browns are off to a 2-7 start and coming off a disappointing 27-20 road loss to the\u00a0New York Jets.<\/p>\n
Following the loss, Stefanski made it clear that the goal and focus are on turning it around and finding ways to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously frustrated, disappointed on that result yesterday,\u201d Stefanski\u00a0said\u00a0on Monday. \u201cAnd we\u2019re spending time right now watching it with the players and trying to learn from that. You know, hard to win on the road, and certainly hard when you do some of the things we did in that ball game. But we\u2019re committed to this thing, and we\u2019ll just find ways to get better in all areas and we\u2019ll go from there. Big division game at our place this week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stefanski believes the Browns have to be better in all three phases of the game. Despite that being an issue all season, he has full confidence in his group.<\/p>\n
The Browns will host the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0on Sunday in a game Cleveland\u00a0is a 7.5-point underdog.<\/p>\n
Although Stefanski hasn\u2019t been fired, and there are no signs he will be, his name has come up for other jobs.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0New York Giants\u00a0fired Brian Daboll on Monday after a loss to the\u00a0Chicago Bears. Following Daboll\u2019s firing, NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky\u00a0links\u00a0Stefanski to the Giants.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe No. 1 name that I would pay attention to if I were the\u00a0Giants\u00a0is what happens in Cleveland with Kevin Stefanski,\u201d Orlovsky\u00a0said\u00a0on Monday on NFL Live. \u201cIf I could hand-pick a guy, it would be Stefanski. He\u2019s an outstanding coach, two-time Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand people in Cleveland are like, \u2018This guy can\u2019t coach\u2019. But there\u2019s a lot of empirical data that would say otherwise. \u2026 I would pay attention to see what\u2019s going on in Cleveland.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stefanski has been the Browns\u2019 head coach since 2020 and has led them to the playoffs twice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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