There’s another reason for his willingness to join the Steelers, though: wide receiver DK Metcalf.
“DK is a lead-by-example guy,” Rodgers said during his Tuesday appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, via the Pro Football Network. “He’s a big reason I’m in Pittsburgh as well. Conversations that we had, and just the kind of person that he is. At the start of the year, I didn’t really know DK at all.
“He’s like, ‘I work out at 6 a.m. every day.’ I’m like, OK, this guy has discipline, this guy has a drive. I said, How about 8 o’clock because I’m gonna have to drive from Malibu to UCLA? He said, ‘Yeah, that’s fine.’ He’s not just a specimen, but he’s a really solid human being.
“He is a solid dude, and he leads by example. The way he practices. The room goes how the top dog goes, and when DK catches the ball and finishes 60 yards to the end zone, it makes everyone else want to do the same thing.”
