Pittsburgh Steelers OT Broderick Jones is getting into simply his third season within the NFL. It’s been a tough two years, spending a lot of his time taking part in out of place at proper deal with. However in 2025, he’s doubtless going to be defending new Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers’ blindside. And that comes after taking part in with QB Russell Wilson final season.
For a younger participant, attending to work together with two Tremendous Bowl-winning quarterbacks in back-to-back seasons is unbelievable. Simply taking part in with one Tremendous Bowl winner is greater than some gamers get. Now, the Steelers have Rodgers.
And for Jones, he remembers watching each quarterbacks on TV throughout his youth. A reporter requested him on Wednesday about going from taking part in with Russell Wilson to Aaron Rodgers in back-to-back years.
“Dang, we actually obtained Aaron Rodgers now,” mentioned Jones per video shared by 93.7 The Fan on X/Twitter. “I by no means thought I’d be taking part in for these two quarterbacks, proper? I watched them rising up. It’s simply, like, taking part in with them proper now could be surreal.”
‘Dang, we actually obtained Aaron Rodgers’ #Steelers deal with Broderick Jones goes from Russ to Rodgers pic.twitter.com/QVQytJUZ6P
— 93.7 The Fan (@937theFan) June 11, 2025
Aaron Rodgers was a first-round choose in 2005. Seven years later, Russell Wilson was a third-round choose. Broderick Jones was born in 2001. He was simply shy of his fourth birthday when the Inexperienced Bay Packers took Rodgers. Jones would have been about to show 11 when Wilson was drafted. And each quarterbacks went on to have fairly good careers. It wouldn’t shock anybody if Aaron Rodgers, not less than, is sooner or later enshrined within the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame.
So sure, Broderick Jones really did watch Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson play quarterback within the NFL whereas rising up. It’s one factor to look at celebrity gamers make jaw-dropping performs on tv. It’s one other factor solely to develop up and ultimately share a locker room with them.
Broderick Jones’ place takes it to a different degree, even. He has to dam for these quarterbacks, protecting them upright to allow them to run the offense. Steelers followers can relate to Jones watching superstars on tv as a child. We’ve all completed it, regardless of our age.
However the overwhelming majority of us by no means set foot in the identical locker room as them. We by no means stood in the identical huddle. And we by no means needed to maintain them protected. That’s Broderick Jones’ job, although. No surprise he’s calling these moments surreal. As a result of even NFL gamers nonetheless look as much as different gamers.
In 2024, Broderick Jones hung out taking part in proper deal with for Russell Wilson. That’s fairly the expertise, even when the season didn’t finish the way in which anybody needed to. Then the Steelers landed Aaron Rodgers. Cue the sensation of ‘Is that this actually taking place?’
Now Jones must shake the surreal feeling off and get again to delivering on the flashes of expertise he’s proven in his first two seasons in Pittsburgh. His offensive line coach, Pat Meyer, hammered dwelling that the most important want for Jones is to be constant. If he can persistently block go rushers, I’m certain Aaron Rodgers might be fairly completely satisfied.
How cool would that be for somebody Broderick Jones watched as a child, being happy together with his play?
