The Pittsburgh Steelers fell three spots in NFL.com's Week 3 power rankings after losing to the New England Patriots.
The Pittsburgh Steelers fell three spots in NFL.com's Week 3 power rankings after losing to the New England Patriots in Week 2.
Pittsburgh went from No. 23 to No. 26.
The Steelers lost to the Patriots by a final score of 20-3.
Aaron Rodgers did not play well against the Patriots. The future Hall of Famer went 23/39 through the air for 187 passing yards. He had no touchdown passes and was picked off once.
Pittsburgh has only one offensive touchdown this season through two games. T.J. Watt had a pick-six in Week 1 against the Atlanta Falcons for the only other TD.
Rodgers will retire from the NFL after this season. The four-time MVP has 408 passing yards, one passing touchdown and one interception through two games. He's completing only 59.5% of his passes.
The Steelers face the 2-0 Cincinnati Bengals in Week 3.
Pittsburgh enters that game averaging only 11.5 points per game on the season.
"We got to take ownership as players," Rodgers said. "We got to be accountable to each other about our performance. Mine wasn't good enough, and a lot of guys' on offense wasn't good enough. Definitely on us to play better, but you're not going to see me panic. I don't think Mike's going to panic. Urgency's going to go up a little bit for sure, but no panic."
Rodgers (42) is the oldest active starting QB in the NFL.
Through two games, he looks like it.
"It's frustrating for sure," Rodgers said of not getting into the end zone at New England on Sunday. "The defense has been playing great. They've been holding [opponents to] 13 points a game in two games, and offensively I think we're averaging like eight points a game. That's not winning football."
Rodgers had 3,322 passing yards, 24 passing touchdowns and seven interceptions last season. It will be interesting to see what his numbers look like at the end of this season.
It won't happen, but there are some people in the NFL who believe the Steelers should bench Rodgers for rookie Drew Allar. The odds of that happening are very, very, very low.
The goods news for Pittsburgh? Watt looks like himself again. Reinvigorated by defensive coordinator Patrick Graham's scheme, Watt is playing fewer snaps and varying his rush locations.
Through two weeks, Watt's 3.5 sacks are second only to Buffalo's Greg Rousseau.
It's a good thing the Steelers didn't listen to all those pundits in the offseason who called for Watt to be traded.
To upset Joe Burrow and the Bengals, Watt has to have another monster game.
