The hits you don’t see coming are sometimes the hardest.
The Pittsburgh Steelers kept Aaron Rodgers clean in their 33-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals Thursday, allowing only two quarterback hits and no sacks.
But there was one big – 311 pounds, in fact – asterisk.
Tackle Broderick Jones broke a cardinal rule in celebrating Rodgers’ 68-yard touchdown throw to Pat Freiermuth late in the game. Never, ever, hit your own quarterback.
Jones’ blindside celebration left the Steelers’ 41-year-old QB hot, and the ‘Thursday Night Football’ cameras caught Rodgers’ displeasure with his erstwhile protector.
Rodgers was uninjured in the celebration, but it’s a safe bet that ‘jump on Aaron’s back’ won’t make the celebration rotation when the 4-2 Steelers are back home Sunday, Oct. 26, against the Green Bay Packers.
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