Rodgers absent but Tomlin expecting 'highly productive' outing against the Bucs

Tomlin says he is excited about the Steelers playing against the Bucs but confirms Aaron Rodgers will not play

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00:00Really excited about this preseason matchup against the Bucs.

00:05Equally as excited about the work that we get an opportunity to get done here today

00:09with them in a practice setting.

00:12Got a lot of respect for Coach Bowles and staff and so

00:15I expect it to be a highly competitive and a highly productive day.

00:19I'm gonna play this preseason game very much like we did the first one.

00:22In terms of participation, the same collection of guys that were held out

00:26the last time will comprise the guys that are held out this time.

00:31Those include Aaron Rodgers and DK Metcalf.

00:34Mike, you mentioned before you left Latrobe,

00:36the defense has the potential to be historic.

00:39What specifically would that involve?

00:42I wasn't talking specifics.

00:43I was just talking about the ingredients that I'm looking at.

00:46Obviously, there's a lot of ground between now and then and effort and work and so

00:51forth and so I simply was answering a question.

00:55What I meant by it is I like our collection of talent.

00:59I like our development of schematics to this point in the journey.

01:02It feels really good.