DK Metcalf is one of the most exciting Steelers acquisitions this offseason — but he apparently helped bring a certain four-time MVP to the Steel City.
On Tuesday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show, new Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers revealed that Metcalf — and his work ethic — played a role in getting him to Pittsburgh:
“DK is a lead-by-example guy,” Rodgers said. “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 six a.m. every day.’ I’m like, okay, this guy has discipline, this guy has a drive. I said, ‘How about eight 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’s a solid, solid dude, and he leads by example.”
It’s this apparent ‘lead-by-example’ attitude from Metcalf — coupled with Rodgers’ admiration of HC Mike Tomlin — that helped piece together the exciting QB-WR duo in Pittsburgh.
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