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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers gave a blunt response after a disappointing performance in his team's 25-10 Sunday Night Football loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 9.
"This was not my best performance," Rodgers said via ESPN. "I got to play better than this for us to win. Whatever it takes ... if it's better checks, if it's better throws, whatever it is, I got to play better. I will. ... We got to play better on offense, for sure. But this is part of the season. There's ebbs and flows, there's ups and downs, and we can't ride the wave."
"A lot of stuff wasn't working," he added. "We were bad on third down. I was just a little bit off. I missed DK [Metcalf] early. Could have been a big play. ... I missed some throws for sure. And then we weren't getting guys open ... times the guys were open, I missed some throws I usually make."
Rodgers, 41, threw for 161 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions on 16 of 31 passing, which was the worst performance in nine games with the Steelers.
"We as an offensive collective were off today, and certainly, he's a component of that," said head coach Mike Tomlin via ESPN. "I'll let him speak for himself, but we certainly got to be better. Didn't feel like they did anything unanticipated, but certainly, they outperformed us, particularly in possession-down play."
The first-place Steelers dropped to 5-4 and 2-3 in their last five games with the surging Baltimore Ravens one game behind after winning their third consecutive game on Sunday (November 9).