Brooke Pryor
@bepryor
ESPN NFL reporter covering the Steelers and other things. @dailytarheel alum. @bojangles evangelist.
DK Metcalf said he thought Aaron Rodgers might be interested in gaming with him. Well,,, "I thought he did. He walked in my room yesterday and he was like, 'oh, you're gaming.' And I was like, 'yeah.' and he just walked out." DK said he was playing NCAA CFB
Is Aaron Rodgers really going into this season like it's his last, as he told Pat McAfee it "probably" would be? "Yeah, I might go into the season like that. I might not."
DK Metcalf and Aaron Rodgers are suitemates at Rooney Hall, they said. Metcalf said he heard a knock on his door when he came in and thought it was the front door. Turns out it was Rodgers knocking on the adjoining bathroom door.
Mike Tomlin said TE Jonnu Smith, who participated in indy drills but not team periods, is considered "day-to-day." No specifics on an injury, but Tomlin said there were the usual bumps and bruises. Cordarrelle Patterson was out there but didn't participate and is also day-to-day
Aaron Rodgers on training camp INTs: “I’m gonna throw some picks, but I’m going to throw some touchdowns, too.” Said a lot of camp is figuring out what he can do and what works.
Asked Rodgers what kind of omen he thought that first throw INT was: "Good to get it out of the way."
Aaron Rodgers’ first team-period pass is intercepted by Patrick Queen. Looked like Rodgers just didn’t see him. Big Ooooos from the crowd at Latrobe.
That’s a wrap on the Steelers’ first camp practice. Believe Rodgers was 1/3 targeting DK Metcalf in team periods.
Aaron Rodgers went 1/3, including the opening play INT, and forced an offside in his first four team reps. Mason Rudolph then came in and went 4/4 with the second team.
Aaron Rodgers’ first team-period pass is intercepted by Patrick Queen. Looked like Rodgers just didn’t see him. Big Ooooos from the crowd at Latrobe.
QB Aaron Rodgers is slinging it in Latrobe. It’s really happening.
Cam Heyward, a member of the NFLPA Executive Committee, on the state of the union: "We understand the communication's got to be better and our players are counting on us ... I'm excited to see how we can take off from here because there's just been a lot of volatility there."
QB Will Howard on Aaron Rodgers: "You see a guy that's bought in. He's sitting around and he's taking time to sit with his teammates and talk with us -- and guys like me -- and he just looks happy. He's got a smile on his face and he's just been great, man."
Cam Heyward on the offseason moves signaling the Steelers being all-in: "We're not trying to be paper champs, we're trying to be champs. You don't win the Super Bowl now, but you learn how to be a better team and you learn how to be better situationally."
Cam Heyward on the defense responding after last year's late slump: "It can't be a rollercoaster where we're riding our highs and then going down our lows. I think to be the number one defense, it can't just be for week one through week seven. It's got to be a continued grind."
Fields suffered a toe injury on right foot, per Glenn. No word on severity. #Jets
Early concern for the #Jets: Justin Fields is carted to the locker room. He’s riding shotgun on the cart, not on the back. Oh, boy. #Jets
Man, potentially brutal situation for Fields. Something to monitor as the Steelers play the Jets in Week 1.
Jets QB Justin Fields was carted to the locker room with an apparent lower leg injury.
Mike Tomlin on Aaron Rodgers' workload in training camp/preseason: "He's a workaholic. I don't have a whole lot of reservations about that." Tomlin says he anticipates Rodgers being in team periods starting at tomorrow's opening practice.
Mike Tomlin says it was "very difficult" to part ways with Minkah Fitzpatrick and says they had to make a "tough choice."
Mike Tomlin on what position Jalen Ramsey could start at in the secondary: "We're going to start him regardless. Where we move him depends on the offense." "They're coverage people. Describe them however you wish to describe them."