According to my research, only four times in NFL history have two quarterbacks in their 40s each thrown a pass in the same game. Tonight we will have a fifth, when Aaron Rodgers and Joe Flacco square off on opposite sidelines during Thursday Night Football.

Those two appeared to be on track to make this happen three days ago, when the Pittsburgh Steelers hosted the Cleveland Browns. But a few days before that game, Flacco was traded to the Cincinnati Bengals. Now it will happen four days later than anticipated, as the Bengals host the Steelers this evening to kick off week 7 on the NFL season.

You may be wondering what the other four games are that both featured 40-year-old quarterbacks. Three of them were recent, all coming during the 2020 season. That year, Tom Brady and Drew Brees bot

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