It was a late-season game with playoff ramifications, which meant last Sunday's visit to Baltimore was the type of game Aaron Rodgers had anticipated playing with the Steelers all along.

"It had been a couple years since I had played in meaningful games in December," Rodgers noted after practice today. "That's why we play. Obviously, you play to win championships but you have to be in position and playing the right way late in the season.

"Good to be a part of a big-time game last Sunday and the rest of these will all be the same."

The Steelers had lost five of seven prior to visiting the Ravens.

But in Rodgers' estimation, head coach Mike Tomlin's approach in preparing and handling the team in advance of the Steelers' 27-22 triumph never wavered.

"No, he's been the same," Rodgers mai

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