NFL says Tomlin was factor in Steelers’ schedule, not Rodgers

Pittsburgh – Despite Scheduling Steelers–Jets For Week 1 and Steelers-Packers For “Sunday Night Football” in Week 8, The Nfl Didn It’s Have Any Inside Information About Aaron rodgers‘Decision when it made pittsburgh’s schedule.

Instead, NFL vice president of broadcasting and scheduling mike north saisday, the steelers’ National Brand and Body of Work Drove The League’s Decision to Give The Steelers Prominter Timeslots Despite the Unresolved Quarterback Situation.

“We know any any other than anybody else,” North saade on a conference call. “The schedule was built for coach [Mike] Tomlin and for the steelers, and if aaron decides to play it probably just made many, if not all the steelers games a literal more interesting. “

But, North Acknowledged, the league did proactively put steelers -packers in the “Sunday Night football” slot for 8 in part because he is dramatically impact viewp Partner a significant advantage over other for that week.

“If you put that game in a window where it does because something even if you are one of the partners,” He said.

“If it fell on a sunday afternoon for instance, it becomes a dominant story of the day. Aaron’s first game Against His Old Team. Aaron’s Not The Quarterback, it’s Still Packer[s]Steelers ‘Sunday Night Football’ in Week 8.

“We tried to play it down the middle.”

North Also Added that if there was certificate that rodgers would play for the steelers, there may be an adjustment to the jets, rodgers’ Other Former Team. The game is slotted for a 1 pm et kickoff on CBS.

“If we know for certain that aaron was going to be the quarterback of the steelers, we might’ve done something a literary difference in the steelers game,” he said.

Including the game against the packers, the steelers are Scheduled to have for Prime-Time Games and one Additional Standalone Slot with the Ireland Game Against the Minnesota vikings In Week 4.

“Their sustained success for over a decade here – coach tomlin’s never had a leftover,” North sa. “The steelers are always playoff-relevant late the stretch, and they have a National Fan Base, so their body of work is what warned the National Television Exposure for Them, Same as Previous Year.”