Steelers legend Jerome Bettis reveals biggest question surrounding Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh

Before embarks in the first training camp as a member of Pittsburgh Steelers, Aaron Rodgers First Tee on American century championshipA celebrity golf tournament is also feature steelers Hall of the report running back Jerome Bettis.

Bettis who retired shortly after they helped steelers win Crater In 2005, which hoping that the rodgers can be the author of a similar story in 2025. There is a single potential obstacle standing in the Rodgers and Steelers “now.

“I think one big question is you to ask yourself to be able to keep up?” Bettis said in one-in-one interview with CBS sports. “I think that’s going to be a number one priority to the Steelers. Plane, you know Rogers to a quarterback to a talent. Also to 41 years, and it’s going to be average in quarterback.

“If you can protect him, then you can get all the value out of him, and that position. If you can not protect him, then you do not play them you put out there. You can play Two Young guys, it does not matter. You’re going to get the goal is to protect him. If you can protect him, then i think You get all the benefits of having a quality football player at the Helm, at the quarterback position. ”

While the potential is very solid unit in the Steelers’ offensive line is the most young people. Extra 31 years of Isaac Seumalo, 2023 First-in Collect Broderick Jones is the only other expected starter on the line that has more than a year NFL experience. Center Zach Frazier and the right Mason McCormick are the second-year players who started to the majority of their rookie times. Troy Fautanu, a 2024 first-in pick, is slated to start the right tackle after he missed the most of his rookie season after getting injured in the week I. Jones, who started on the right in the free-tackle.

Bettis Hope Steelers did pretty to protect rodgers who do not receive the best protection in a short tenure with New York Jets. If you don’t have the ends, bettis said to the Steelers need to be proactive in terms of improving string before Saturday 1.

“I think that’s got to be a point emphasis on the fall” Bettis said. “I have to be sure to get it right in offensive line. … I think that it is just only doesn’t have some kind of success in progress, and having an offensive line solidified.”

When the stellar, Bettis also stressed the significance of the Steelers having success in the land with Jaylen Warren and Rookie Kaleb Johnson. Two will replace the production of Najee Cicero gave the steelers past four years included four seasons at least 1,000 passes. Harris signed with a free agency after steelers may be to test open market.

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“You need a big running game for a particular” Bettis. The Najee Harris, the development of every year, you could see it in it in it. I’m in it in it in it. I will be in it, with the more electricity will, to place. I think Kaleb is a large 1-2 punch that place. So I think than’ll kind of crops in a long term.

“I think that’s something that you don’t have to Aaron Rodgers. Now you’ve got to give him running the game. And now I don’t send the line and other. I think it creates in front of your or other.” I think that creates a large mix to you, and you can do what creates you, and there is no place in you, to make with a large mix of in front of you. “I think that creates a large mix of sight. I think that creates a large mix in front of your. I think that creates great and in front of your eyes.”

Extra Quarterback, Bettis feels that Steelers have done a good enough job this offseason in terms addressing their two other large issues: depth of the recipient and improving to run defense. The receptor placed in Steelers lost George Pickens, but not purchase two-time for a bowl receptacle DK Metcalf by trade with Seattle. Pittsburgh also has a tall hope for veteran recipient Calvin Austin 3 and second year Widerious Roman Wilson (who was missing the entire rookie time after getting injured by training camp). The Steelers (who also signed veteran Robert woods in the free agency) are also expected to get their tight ends – especially patreiermuth – more involved in the passage of the game with Rodgers in the center.

The extent team expectations are, bettis feels that “the playoff floor are the floor” for 2025 steelers, assumption of rodgers is adequate protected and everything else according to the plan.

“When you get the playoffs, what’s happening” Bettis said. “I think that’s what you’ve got to be thinking. Gel well enough to go to the playoffs. We were a sixth seed and won you can be.” You become the best team you can be. ”

It’s clear that the bettis still has faith that rodgers can still play at a high level, if its supporting cast is enough. Bettis also believes in Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin, who despite all his success (including a record of 18 not-losing the time to end in 2016, which time at the end of the 2016, which time at the end of the 2016 times, which is the time to end The end of the 2016, which time at the end of the 2016 season, which days at the end of 2016, which times at the end of 2016 at the end.

“He’s doing everything can do with a talent’s data,” Bettis said about Tomlin. “If you are making all the players, then yeah, you have to hold him more responsible in the larger way. But it’s not a big part of it. He’s not a big part of it is not. He’s not a big part of it’s not in part of it. So with the said, hold him to his undergraduate ability. I think when you look at the boxes and it’s happened every year to where they were at the end of the year, I think it’s always been a great job undergraduate wise.

“So can you hold the losses when you do not get the quarterback play that you so need? You got what you got. Everybody can see this is something that no one sees. It’s playing out in front of everybody’s face. So everybody’s saying you’ve got to get a quarterback. Well, he’s kind of stuck between a Rock and a hard place. He’s trying, but you know, ultimately, that decision is going to be at a higher level than this in a sense, ‘we want to give up the guy, and we want to be the head of the customer’s ownership. It’s going to be the owner / GM plan. “

As the Rodgers seem to come to the conclusion that he would come to the end of the final season. She feels that rodgers have already come to this plan will help both of the button and steelers at this time.

“It’s not tough to everyone, actually,” Bettis said when asked about the challenge playing in the last time. “You are free, because you are like, I do not hope, let’s do the best and we can do it. So I think that’s what happens. Give it your best shape. So I think that he’s going to have, but i do not think it’s going to be a Negative in any way. He’s going to go out and sling it, have fun, and if it does not work, then you know that you put everything you can possibly put into it and gave it your all. “

Bettis and Rodgers will try to give all the American century championship, which will be of July 11-13. Bettis, who said that his goal is to try to finish in the top 15, is in a field that also includes chiefs tight End of Famers Steve Young, Charles Woodson and Marcus Allen, Current Bills Quarterback and League MVP Josh Allen, and Golden State Warriors Guard Stephen Curry, who won the Event Back in 2023.

“When you when you look at the benefit of the event, you know, raising $ 8 million for charities in and around that area, it makes a big difference and it makes it easy for you to want to go and spend a week up there and enjoy and have a great time,” Bettis said. “It’s great experience. … I’m excited to be part of it.”