Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was done answering questions about Mike Tomlin after the 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans in the Wild Card round on Monday night.
While Rodgers left the press conference following plenty of questions about his head coach, he was also asked about his former coach, Matt LaFleur of the Green Bay Packers.
Rodgers had nothing but good words for LaFleur as his name has been in hot-seat conversations, and LaFleur had an honest response on Tuesday after hearing Rodgers’ comments.
I’m speechless,” LaFleur said, via Mike Silver of The Athletic. “He didn’t have to do that, but he did. (It’s) one of the nicest compliments (of) my life. I’m so appreciative of him for that.”
Rodgers had said, “Obviously Matt’s done a lot of great things in Green Bay and we had a lot of success,” and added that “this league has changed a lot in my 21 years” while speaking about Tomlin and LaFleur being on hot seat watch.
On Tuesday, Tomlin stepped down after 19 seasons as the Steelers’ head coach. As for the Packers, they face an important decision with LaFleur after they lost to the Chicago Bears in a stunning 25-point comeback in the Wild Card round.
LaFleur just finished his seventh season as the Packers’ head coach, and he has a 76-40-1 record in the regular season.
Rodgers and LaFleur were together from 2019 through 2022 before Rodgers was traded to the New York Jets, but the veteran QB still has high praise for his former coach.
