Former NFL GM and current ESPN analyst Mike Tannenbaum likes to fan the flames and make some rather surprising comments when on TV. He did just that Wednesday, stating that Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers would be irrelevant by Thanksgiving.
While there are plenty of questions regarding the Rodgers-Steelers pairing, Tannenbaum’s take is one that some of his fellow ESPN colleagues just can’t get behind. That includes former NFL receivers Andrew Hawkins and Harry Douglas.
The pair appeared on ESPN’s Get Up Thursday morning and pushed back on Tannenbaum’s take.
“I believe it is virtually impossible for the Steelers and Aaron Rogers and Mike Tomlin — that Mike T, not Mike Tannenbaum — to be irrelevant by the time Thanksgiving comes for a bunch of reasons, besides the fact that they have a favorable front end of the schedule, besides the fact they’ve upgraded their roster at almost every unit on both sides of the ball.