Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's the narratives surrounding the recent performance of quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers wasn't great before leaving last week's win over the Cincinnati Bengals at halftime, but he wasn't as bad as he had been the previous week, either. Back up Mason Rudolph only slightly performed better, and most of that was do to his receivers running after the catch.

Is there really a lot that Rodgers could be learning from Rudolph if he is unable to play against the Chicago Bears this Sunday? Alan breaks it down.

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