The Pittsburgh Steelers brought back Aaron Rodgers for one final season, but Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann cited Mike McCarthy as the chief reason for Rodgers’ return.

Thiesmann, 76, said he didn’t think Rodgers would have to returned if he had to learn an entirely new system and playbook.

“I think Aaron coming back was a was a no-brainer for me because Mike McCarthy’s there,” Theismann told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

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“If there was a different coordinator, I don’t think Aaron would have come back. If Mike’s there, I basically (thought) it was 90-10 (he would return).”

McCarthy and Rodgers spent 13 seasons together with the Green Bay Packers, and Theismann said their familiarity in Green Bay will make it a smooth transition.

“They’re still reunited when it comes to the system. Aaron doesn’t have to spend a lot of time in OTA’s understanding the terminology, figuring out the reads. He could coach anybody when it comes to the system that I’m sure they’re going to run. So, there’s a comfort level for him when he goes there. As far as not learning a new playbook,” Theismann said.

While Rodgers was effective last season, as the four-time NFL MVP proved he still had some juice left in the tank. In 16 games, he completed 65.7% of his passes for 3,322 yards with 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

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Rodgers can certainly still throw the ball well, but at 42 years old his mobility isn’t what it once was. Theismann talked about how imperative it is for the offensive line to play well.

“He’s going to get the ball out of his hands quickly,” Theismann said. “But they’re going to have to shore up the offensive line and protect him. If they want Aaron Rodgers to be the Aaron Rodgers that they hope he can be, they’re going to have to give him a chance to be able to hold the ball and throw it downfield.”

Even though the Steelers will have a new head coach for the first time in nearly two decades, Theismann still expects their brand of football to remain.

“Pittsburgh is still going to be Pittsburgh. I don’t think their mentality is going to change one bit. They are the Pittsburgh Steelers. They’re one tough football team that plays in a very tough division and it’s all about toughness in that division and Aaron has certainly shown how tough he can be,” Theismann said.

Theismann played in the NFL for 12 seasons, spending his whole career with the Washington Redskins. He was named the league MVP in 1983 and made the Pro Bowl twice.

He led the Redskins to the Super Bowl in 1982, when they beat the Miami Dolphins 27-17 in Super Bowl XVII. In his career, Theismann completed 56.7% of his passes for 25,206 yards with 160 touchdowns and 138 interceptions.

Theismann will be competing in the American Century Championship from July 10-12 at Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe. The tournament will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock.

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Podcaster Joe Rogan called out comedians who are condemning the politically incorrect humor at the Kevin Hart roast, arguing on Friday that they are disrespecting the art of comedy as a profession.

The recent roast of Hart made waves for its no-holds-barred jokes that outraged people across the political spectrum. Netflix’s recent roast specials have been infamous for jokes about panelists’ divorces, dead relatives and numerous other taboo topics. During the night, Tony Hinchcliffe made headlines by appearing to imply George Floyd was watching the show from hell, saying, “The Black community is so proud of you right now. George Floyd is looking up at us all, laughing so hard he can’t breathe.”

Jokes like this and others have caused a firestorm among comedians, particularly among liberal circles or in the Black community, who have begun to criticize Hart, arguing he should have intervened somehow.

Rogan spoke with his fellow comedian Harland Williams about how much of the general public is not aware of how brutal roasts can be, by their very nature, partially because they had been phased out of American culture until relatively recently. 

“It’s a long time in the zeitgeist, right? So those things don’t exist to kids. Roast jokes are f—ing mean. They’ve always been f—ing mean,” Rogan said, adding that the late Patrice O’Neal could “eviscerate” the entire stadium with his sharp humor.

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“The thing is, if you’re a person, and you’re not accustomed to roasts, and you don’t get why those jokes are so mean, I get it,” Rogan said. “But comedians — comedians that are getting upset about these roast jokes… F— all the way off. Just f— all the way off, you f—ing traitor. You know what this is. You know exactly what this is. You’re a f—ing traitor. You’re just using this moment to try to boost yourself up, to try to, like, knock down what’s happening.”

He went on to say, “You could disagree with the content. You could say, ‘I think they went too far with this,’ But this f—ing pretending that these people are actual racists and Nazis just because they’re telling these jokes that are in a roast? Like, f— all the way off.”

“Yeah. Don’t suit up, go out, and play hockey if you don’t want to play hockey,” Williams agreed. “Sit on the bench. And don’t badmouth the people playing hockey.”

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Rogan agreed, recalling, “And by the way, you know who didn’t have a problem with it? Kevin f—ing Hart. Kevin f—ing Hart has defended every single person that said horrible s— about him — about him being lynched from a bonsai tree and all the craziest s— that they said.”

“Well, you know, who else didn’t have a problem with it is the people, the corporations that put it on corporate television, on corporate airwaves,” Harland agreed.

Rogan argued that recent roasts like this have been some of the most popular content in the history of Netflix.

Hart had indeed defended the roast during an interview with Charlamagne tha God and rejected calls that he should have intervened to stop the racially charged jokes on behalf of the Black community.

Hart defended Hinchcliffe’s controversial standup set as one of the best, if not the best, of the night. He went on to recall that there were jokes told at the expense of his dead parents that night he did not stop either, and that he should not be held responsible for other people’s jokes.

When he mentioned that he had a positive phone call with one critic who had been offended by the George Floyd joke, and Charlamagne argued he should have led with that to show that he cares, Hart replied, “I don’t f—ing need to prove to people that I give a f—!”

“Yes, you do,” Charlamagne replied.

“No, I don’t!” Hart said. “If you open that door, then that’s the door that people expect all the time. Why the f— do I need to do that?”