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Aaron Rodgers sees Steelers as one of 10-12 potential Super Bowl winners

Aaron Rodgers sees Steelers as one of 10-12 potential Super Bowl winners

In any given year, roughly a dozen teams are in the Super Bowl window. Earlier this month, we took a stab at identifying this year’s team. Our list didn’t include the Steelers. Aaron Rodgers’s list does. “I think that there’s really only six to eight that really have a legitimate chance,” Rodgers told reporters on Thursday. “Sometimes it’s 10 to …

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Aaron Rodgers has a lot more to lose with the Steelers than he did with the Jets

Aaron Rodgers has a lot more to lose with the Steelers than he did with the Jets

LATROBE, Pa. — It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood in the hometown of Fred Rogers, American TV icon, as the Pittsburgh Steelers opened camp amid rolling hills and old brick buildings and towering steeples that rose toward the sky. Only on this summer afternoon, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood officially became Mister Rodgers’ Neighborhood. Aaron Rodgers came bouncing down one …

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Aaron Rodgers on his INT: “I’m gonna throw some picks, but I’m gonna throw some touchdowns, too”

Aaron Rodgers on his INT: “I’m gonna throw some picks, but I’m gonna throw some touchdowns, too”

In the first throw of his first team period at his first Steelers training-camp practice, quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw an interception. At his first training-camp press conference at St. Vincent’s College in Latrobe, Rodgers brushed it off. “I’m gonna throw some picks,” he told reporters, “but I’m gonna throw some touchdowns, too.” He laughed when first asked about the miscue. …

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Omar Khan: We wanted Aaron Rodgers, and Aaron Rodgers wanted to be a Steeler

Omar Khan: We wanted Aaron Rodgers, and Aaron Rodgers wanted to be a Steeler

Although it appeared for months that Aaron Rodgers was going to join the Steelers, the quarterback didn’t actually sign a contract with the team until June 10. The Steelers, even as they publicly insisted they were comfortable with Mason Rudolph, never doubted Rodgers would be their starter this season. “I probably was pretty comfortable well before you guys,” coach Mike …

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