Drew Allar "excited" to learn from Aaron Rodgers

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Drew Allar has some familiarity with the West Coast offense, but the Steelers rookie quarterback doesn't know nearly as much about Mike McCarthy's offense as Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers played for McCarthy in Green Bay from 2006-18. Allar will get at least one season to watch and learn from Rodgers and McCarthy, who has also had Joe Montana, Brett Favre and Dak Prescott as his quarterback. "I’m really excited to learn from [Rodgers]," Allar told Eric Williams of Fox Sports. "With him being in coach McCarthy’s system in Green Bay, it’s beneficial because he knows the system inside and out, even though he hasn’t played in it in five or six years at this point. And just everything he’s going through in his career, playing in tens of thousands of snaps, how much experience and knowledge he has — the nuances of playing the position of quarterback, reading coverages, the defensive tendencies — any little thing I can pick up to help me process faster and be more accurate, I’m all in for it." Allar, a third-round pick, is fourth on the depth chart behind Rodgers, Mason Rudolph and Will Howard. "It’s really just taking it a day at a time," Allar told Williams. "They do a great job of building it out throughout practice with the quarterback in individual drills. They do a great job of emphasizing things throughout each day, just so I can get that foundation, because the footwork is a little different than what I’m used to. "We were under center a little bit at Penn State, but not in the drop-back game. It was more run game and play-action game. So, just getting cleaner with under-center drops and drop-back footwork. And just really trying to pick up on the nuances of it. Just some different teaching, and it’s really cool to be a part of that. And kind of have another chapter to learn from and grow from. I already feel a lot more comfortable in it, and I know I’ve just got to keep my head down and keep working at it."