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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers can become one of five quarterbacks in NFL history to beat all 32 teams with a win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night. It will be Rodgers’ first meeting against his former team since departing Green Bay after the 2022 season.
With a win over the Packers, Rodgers will join Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees on the all-time list of QBs to beat all 32 NFL teams.
Rodgers finished 23 of 34 for 249 yards and four touchdowns in Thursday night’s loss to the Bengals, but the two turnovers loomed large in the back-and-forth game. It’s the second time this year that Rodgers has tossed four touchdowns.
Rodgers has thrown for 200-plus yards in five of six games, with 249 being the most.
Through six games, Rogers has completed 118 of 172 pass attempts (68.6%) for 1,270 yards with 14 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a passer rating of 105.0. Rodgers is tied for third-most in touchdown passes this year so far.
The Packers are coming off a 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals in Week 7. All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons had a standout performance, recording a career high three sacks.
Parsons, who entered the week with 2.5 sacks, tied a career high with five QB hits. He leads the NFL with 40 QB pressures, per Next Gen Stats.
Rodgers and the Steelers will have to be wary of Parsons, as he’s an absolute game-wrecker.
“When it’s time to win the game, something just switches,” Parsons said, via the team’s official website. “I don’t think it was my best pass-rush game. I just think it’s the first time (opponents) allowed me to rush this year. I mean if you look at the looks I’ve been getting, double tight ends, chips, full slides and then also just other guys stepping up.”
In the offseason, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur weighed in on going up against his former quarterback.
“It’ll be a great challenge for us. I’m sure he’ll be telling everybody all our signals, so we’ll probably have to be playing that mind game a little bit,” LaFleur said, via Ryan Wood of USA Today.
LaFleur coached Rodgers in Green Bay from 2019-2022. Rodgers won NFL MVP in back-to-back years in 2020-2021.
Packers quarterback Jordan Love looks forward to facing his mentor and former teammate.
“I was excited for A-Rod,” Love said in an interview with Jason Wilde of ESPN Milwaukee this offseason when asked about Rodgers signing with the Steelers. “I don’t feel like I was too surprised. There were a lot of rumors going on the whole offseason about him going to the Steelers. I was excited for him that he was going to keep playing. It’s going to be fun, it’s going to be awesome. I’m excited for it. I can’t wait to be on different sides meeting up and I know we’ll talk pregame and things like that and hopefully we can exchange jerseys after.”
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