Ohio State National Championship-winning quarterback Will Howard was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in April. And while Buckeye fans are excited to see how he will do in the NFL (except maybe against the Browns), Steelers fans are looking forward to the potential of their new quarterback.
Howard, as part of being an NFL quarterback, recently did a pretty long interview with Brian Batko of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The whole interview is interesting and gives good insight into how Howard is relating to his new Pittsburgh community (I’ll embed the entire video at the bottom of this piece), but what stood out the most is how he is learning from Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers, of course, is expected to do unprecedented things as a 42-year-old quarterback for the Steelers after his New York Jets career was derailed by an achilles injury. Regardless of how he turns out as a starter for Pittsburgh, though, he’ll also be a mentor for Howard.
Howard started by talking about the fact that Rodgers sat down next to Howard at team meetings in mini-camp. That seems to have got their relationship off on the right foot. Howard describes them as having a “good vibe.” And while there’s a lot in the interview (the part about Rodgers starts at about 11 minutes into the interview if you watch), one section really stood out. Howard said, “Aaron’s been just so willing to help me. He’s like, ‘Literally, as much or as little as you want me to help you, like, I’ll be there.’ He’s already given me tips, little things here and there––even in the meeting room, on the field, in my drops, different little things. Obviously I can’t do the things that he can do mechanically, so I don’t want to replicate that too much because that’s pretty, pretty unique. But, for the most part, everything I can learn from that guy is, you know, invaluable.”
Howard is excited to work and learn from Aaron Rodgers, and it really looks like Rodgers is ready to teach him. The whole interview is worth a watch (does contain some NSFW language).
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Will Howard talks about learning from Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh
Reporting by Yesh Ginsburg, Buckeyes Wire / Buckeyes Wire
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