PITTSBURGH -- For the first time in his career, Aaron Rodgers silenced chants of "Go Pack Go" as he rocketed a 24-yard completion to wide receiver DK Metcalf on Sunday night. For the first 18 years of his career, big plays like that one would've ignited such a chorus. But with Rodgers quarterbacking the Pittsburgh Steelers , the chants once used to celebrate and encourage him were instead meant to antagonize.

"I've heard that chant for 18 years," Rodgers said. "Packer fans travel really well. First time in a while I've used silent count for a home game. That's a credit to those Packer fans."

And though he silenced the well-traveled Cheeseheads with that pass and a handful of others, the quiet didn't last long.

On a night where Rodgers had a shot to follow in his predecessor's foot

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