The Pittsburgh Steelers are now 2-2 following a 27-24 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night. But it was a verbal back-and-forth between quarterback Aaron Rodgers and head coach Mike McCarthy that got as much attention as the result of the game itself.
During the Steelers’ first drive, Rodgers shouted to the sideline at McCarthy saying, “What the f—k! Call it!” Rodgers was upset at the play call taking too long. The broadcast caught his words on a hot mic, and then caught McCarthy seemingly
giving it right back to Rodgers, using some colorful language of his own.
When asked about the verbal exchange after the game, McCarthy said he wished he didn’t use the language he used.
“Communication sometimes is not the best choice of words, but everybody’s competing on the field,” McCarthy said via Brooke Pryor of ESPN. “I think what’s said on the field, the way I grew up in this game, usually stays on the field. That’s not the case today. I understand that. But any negative communication on my part, I wish I wouldn’t use those words.”
Rodgers and McCarthy were of course fine later on, embracing and laughing after Rodgers’ successful quarterback sneak for a two-point conversion. This also isn’t something that’s unheard of in the NFL, or sports as a whole. It’ll get talked about because it happened in front of a national audience, but these two have worked together for a long time – this is largely a nothing burger.
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