Aaron Rodgers says Steelers players had same response to bad loss

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and other members of the Pittsburgh Steelers produced an outing to forget as the club fell to 1-1 on the season via this past Sunday's 31-17 home loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

While speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Rodgers touched upon how he and others inside the Pittsburgh locker room have responded coming off that defeat. 

Aaron Rodgers embracing process after loss

"I haven't seen anybody hanging their heads," Rodgers revealed, per Jim Wexell of the Steelers' website. "The most important thing, like I said after the game, is it's a marathon, not a sprint. Can't ride the ups and downs. You have to embrace the results that happen and take a look at your process every single week, whether it's a win on the scoreboard or a loss." 

Rodgers seemed to turn the clock back when he completed 22-of-30 pass attempts for 244 yards and four touchdowns in Pittsburgh's Week 1 victory over the New York Jets, his former club, on Sept. 7. However, the 41-year-old more so looked his age as he connected on 18-of-33 passes for 203 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions versus Seattle.

"Great competitors know that sometimes their best is not going to be good enough on some days, but your best is not just a game-day performance," Rodgers continued during his comments. "Your best is a weekly accumulation of how you prepared on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, how you practice Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and then the communication that you exhibited during the week as well. So as long as we stay on those things, game days take care of themselves."

In fairness to Rodgers and the offense, it was Pittsburgh's defense that repeatedly let the team down in back-to-back games. According to ESPN stats, the Steelers allowed the fourth-most yards in the league (394.5 per game) and the fourth-most points (31.5) across the season's first two weeks. 

Aaron Rodgers shares what Pittsburgh Steelers must do against New England Patriots

"I don't like getting too binary, but winning," Rodgers said about what the Steelers need to do when they play at the 1-1 New England Patriots this coming Sunday. "That's a good response. But we can't get attached to the binary system that our league is judged on, necessarily, because it is a 17-game season, and the process has to be great. So just dig into the details in the process, enjoy it, practice well, and then let game day take care of itself."

As of Thursday morning, ESPN BET had the Steelers as 1.5-point road favorites against the Patriots.