Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin recently hosted Aaron Rodgers and Steelers coaches for a barbecue cookout, according to Kevin […] This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Mike Tomlin Hosts Barbecue Cookout for Aaron Rodgers,

The new partnership between Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers brings together two men who once squared off at the highest level of the game.

PITTSBURGH -- 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.