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It is Mike Jones.

NFL senior writer for The Athletic, and he's at one of the joint practices in Pittsburgh.

I guess it's the Steelers and Buccaneers. What's going on, Mike? Hey, how are you guys doing this morning? So I guess we should maybe start with the Steelers. What's your sense of their expectations for Aaron Rogers this season? They're feeling a lot better. I mean, obviously they felt good about him. Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone out and courted him and waited as long

as they did for him to make up his mind but uh after a little bit of a kind of rough start to

training camp uh he has kind of appeared to be rounding into form uh he feels comfortable in the

offense now uh they say that they're're yeah i wasn't here early in camp

i was here the other day um but their their their defense their offense is starting to catch up

to the defense um and looking more fluid uh so we'll see what happens um you know today is going to be a

big indication of where things stand with their

offense because their starters aren't playing in the preseason game, but they're going to go

against the starters of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

And so it's a good measuring stick of their progress.

But he feels good.

He seems like he's energized, seems to really enjoy being here in Pittsburgh.

I think a return to a historic and very stable franchise,

similar to what he had in Green Bay has been refreshing for him.

And so, yeah, you know, there's questions about their offense or off the line,

but as far as he goes, he's starting to look better.

From the people you're talking to and what you've seen, what's been the link between he and

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