In 2008, Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers started every game. It is the year 2025, and both Flacco and Rodgers are starting in October. There’s another 40-year-old pitcher on the diamond that’s starting tonight. I’ll be watching him.
Rodgers, who turns 42 in December, has the Steelers off to a 4-1 start. The Steelers lost to the one quality team on their schedule by two touchdowns. They were fortunate to beat Drake Maye, squeaked by Justin Fields and Carson Wentz, and got Dillion Gabriel in his first start.
Pittsburgh’s schedule doesn’t get much tougher on Thursday night. Now they’ll face 40-year-old Joe Flacco, who led the Cincinnati Bengals to a season-high 19 points against the Green Bay Packers last week. Flacco threw the ball 45 times. The Bengals don’t have much of a running game, so F