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Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy had a tense exchange in the middle of a drive. Then the Steelers scored a TD.
The Steelers were driving against the Cleveland Browns in a scoreless game in the first quarter, and Pittsburgh had just gotten a first down by penalty, very much in business at the Cleveland 20-yard line.
But Rodgers apparently didn't get the play call fast enough for his liking. This led to Rodgers and McCarthy exchanging pleasantries — within range of Amazon Prime's boom mics: Whatever McCarthy called on that play didn't work out well: an incomplete pass. But everyone put that aside, and four plays later, Rodgers hit Roman Wilson on a 12-yard pop pass touchdown to give the Steelers the early 7-0 lead.
In the end, despite a strong night from Rodgers, the Browns kicked a field goal in the final seconds toWhen asked about his portion of the exchange, McCarthy apologized for his choice of words but seemed to suggest it was a heat-of-the-moment thing.
"Communication sometimes is not the best choice of words, but everybody's competing on the field," McCarthy said. "I think, you know, what's said on the field, the way I grew up in this game, you know, usually stays on the field. "That's not the case today. I understand that.
But, yeah, any negative communication on my part, I wish I wouldn't use those words.
"The Rodgers-McCarthy relationship — their first time working together since their Green Bay Packers days eight years ago — has had some testy moments recently. After the Week 2 loss to New England, Rodgers said he needed to do a better job "making sure Mike knows what's working, what's not working" as far as play-calling goes.
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