Behind the Steel Curtain on Aaron Rodgers

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After a 2025 season where Aaron Rodgers often looked too willing to revert to a dink-and-dunk passing game, he looked more like a gunslinger against the Falcons. He was extending plays. He was pushing the ball deep. According to Next Gen Stats, Rodgers set highs or near-highs for his Steelers career in time to throw and air yards per target on Sunday.
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Rodgers showed gunslinger tendencies with career highs in time to throw and air yards per target.

After a 2025 season where Rodgers often looked too willing to revert to a dink-and-dunk passing game, he looked more like a gunslinger against the Falcons in Week 1. He was extending plays, pushing the ball deep, and recording several "wow" throws. According to Next Gen Stats, Rodgers set highs or near-highs for his Steelers career in time to throw and air yards per target on Sunday, and his passing map showed him accessing every area of the field—a marked improvement from Justin Fields' limited middle-of-field access in the 2024 Steelers-Falcons matchup.

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