"Rodgers, playing with a broken left wrist that kept him out of the previous game, fumbled the ball after getting blind-side smashed by Joey Bosa on the Steelers' first snap of the half, and the Bills took a 10-7 lead when Christian Benford scooped up the loose ball and returned it for a touchdown. While the Steelers were losing the lead for good, Rodgers was reeling on the turf, blood dripping from the bridge of his nose."
"Rodgers had to come out of the game for a bit, and stood on the sideline looking like a guy who owes his bookie money while Mason Rudolph ended the Steelers' next drive with an interception. Rodgers got back out there for the next two drives, and finished the game having taken nine sacks while throwing for just 117 yards. The Steelers lost, 26-7, and are now at great risk of choking away a division title that was there for the taking."
"Boos rang out in the stadium during the second half, as well as chants to fire head coach Mike Tomlin. This is not the future the Steelers imagined for themselves when they signed Rodgers in the offseason. He was supposed to add enough zip to the offense to finally turn Tomlin's permanently 10-7 team into one with real ambition, but with the way things are going now the Steelers would be lucky to suffer another dispiriting first-round exit."
Aaron Rodgers played through a broken left wrist and took a blind-side hit that led to a fumble returned for a touchdown by Christian Benford. Rodgers briefly left the game with facial bleeding, returned for two drives, and finished with 117 passing yards and nine sacks. The Steelers lost 26-7 and now risk losing a division title they once controlled. Fans booed and chanted for head coach Mike Tomlin to be fired. The offseason signing of Rodgers, intended to elevate a habitually 10-7 team, has not produced the hoped-for offensive revival and now threatens postseason hopes.
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