Since Super Bowl XLV, when Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers bested Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the teams have played each other twice – both Steelers victories (in 2013 and 2017).
That Super Bowl was more than 10 years ago, and both quarterbacks drafted in the mid-2000s are still under center in 2021. One, Rodgers, is the reigning MVP and has his team at 2-1 following a thrilling comeback in the final 37 seconds against the 49ers on Sunday Night Football. The other, Roethlisberger, hasn’t looked like himself, as the Steelers (1-2) have won just two of their last nine games going back to last season, a year they started 11-0.