Steelers' Aaron Rodgers reacts to teammate's fan altercation, talks rise of negative interactions

Rodgers was talking to reporters and was asked whether a Lions fan had ever heckled him or made him feel a particular way over the years.

"Probably, I mean, I don't have real relationships with any of those fans. Kind of by sight, there's always a lot of different things that are said, some things that are benign, and some things that aren't. I think there's a mindset that you pay for a ticket, you say whatever the heck you want. I think there should be some code of conduct. Obviously, that was intentional, and I think there was some celebration afterwards on his part.

He pointed to how fantasy football, sports gambling and social media use, while has some good, has all increased and come out of the shadows and into normal life.

"At the same time, as you see in parts of society erode, shall we say, maybe the conduct has changed a little bit over the years," Rodgers said. "Now I'm all for good trash talk and, you know, Dawg Pound (in Cleveland) they got a great fan base. I love the banter with the fans. I was bantering with the fan in the stands the other day. He was yelling a bunch of stuff at me, and his voice cracked. I was teasing about that, but there's a line, I think there's a line that shouldn't be crossed.

The Steelers will be without Metcalf for the rest of the season as Pittsburgh tries to clinch the AFC North.