Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and head coach Mike McCarthy have been the talk of the NFL world for all the wrong reasons after appearing to get into a expletive-filled shouting match early in the team's Week 4 loss to the Cleveland Browns. The incident came in the first quarter of the Week 4 Thursday Night Football matchup when Rodgers openly voiced his frustration with how long it took the Steelers coaching staff to relay a play call back to him. McCarthy responded with some colorful language of his own that caught the attention of many tuning into the game.
Those who aren't in the Steelers' locker room could certainly see this incident and assume that there may be some issues between Rodgers and McCarthy. However, former NFL center Jeff Saturday, who played under McCarthy alongside Rodgers in 2012 with the Green Bay Packers, was not someone who was surprised by this kind of tense moment between his two former colleagues. More news: Bears Urged by CBS Analyst to Make Blockbuster Trade for Familiar Face Discussing the incident on ESPN's "Big Day," Saturday explained that the relationship between Rodgers and McCarthy, which spans over two decades, has had plenty of disagreements like this.
Most of them just happened to come away from the national stage that this incident happened to be on. "I've played under (Mike) McCarthy and with Aaron (Rodgers)," said Saturday. "So, this is not a surprise.
We can church it up however we want it. But the facts are that this is not the first time they have been upset with each other. I'm sure it's about timing of the play call coming in or whatever order in which they were talking about whatever down and distance it is.
The thing I don't like is all the cameras all the time. Everyone is on Aaron and on Mike's face. The whole conversation is getting cast worldwide.
It doesn't look good." Despite the optics of their viral disagreement "not looking good", Saturday does also know that sometimes heated moments can be blown out of proportion in the heat of a game. "I've done it from all levels," added Saturday. "Coached it, played it, all that stuff.
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