ESPN NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler said that Mike Tomlin was instrumental in bringing in Aaron Rodgers and getting this to the finish line.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin share a competitive stubbornness. An inherent arrogance, too. While that hardly makes them outliers in the alpha-driven NFL, their ability to keep the realities of the game they have helped define at bay for so long does.

The Steelers have suffered an early setback with a season-ending injury to one of his tight ends. That could trigger an important trade after the arrival of Aaron Rodgers.