Will Howard ready to embrace life with Aaron Rodgers — if he signs with Steelers

Will Howard ready to embrace life with Aaron Rodgers — if he signs with Steelers

Will Howard is fine living in Mr. Rodgers’ neighborhood.

Aaron Rodgers remains in a free-agent flirtation with the Steelers, who are proceeding through OTAs with veteran journeyman Mason Rudolph, the rookie sixth-round pick Howard and newcomer Skylar Thompson taking all the snaps.

If Rodgers signs with the Steelers — as he is hinting could happen — then any compeтιтion to start is over, and Howard will spend his rookie year on the bench.

Pittsburgh Steelers sixth-round draft pick, quarterback Will Howard (18), participates in the team’s NFL rookie camp football practice in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 10, 2025. AP

“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Howard told FanDuel TV’s Kay Adams in his first comment on Rodgers. “That’s all over my head. But I’d love to be in a room and learn from him. Again, who knows what’s going to happen.”

That’s a smart approach by Howard.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) throws a pᴀss during the second half when the New York Jets played the Denver Broncos on Sunday, September 29, 2024 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Robert Sabo for NY Post

Sure, he just led Ohio State to the national championship and saved his best for the four-game playoff run, but Rodgers is more amenable to pᴀssing along knowledge than his mentor Brett Favre was.

Look at Jordan Love’s successful first two seasons starting for the Packers, after spending three on the bench behind Rodgers.

Whether or not Rodgers comes to Pittsburgh, Howard already has attached himself to a future Hall of Famer.

Pittsburgh Steelers sixth-round draft pick, quarterback Will Howard, right, participates in the NFL football team’s rookie camp in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 10, 2025. AP

Ben Roethlisberger, who quarterbacked the Steelers to two Super Bowl wins in 18 seasons but lost one head-to-head Super Bowl to Rodgers, and Howard have begun a friendship.

“They need like a gritty guy,” Howard said of Steelers fans. “Growing up for me, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers and Big Ben, Big Ben was that guy. He was Pittsburgh. He was the Steel City, the blue collar and gritty guy. And I want to be that, too. I want to bring that edge and that energy. I think I did a pretty good job of it at Ohio State, and I kind of like to pride myself on that. And I’m going to try and bring it to the Steel City.”

Way back when, Howard lost a compeтιтion to start for Kansas State in 2021 to his now-Steelers teammate Thompson.

But he has come a long way since then, including two years starting at Kansas State before Ohio State.

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