CINCINNATI -- For just the third time in NFL history, two starting quarterbacks at least 40 years of age will square off against each other when Aaron Rodgers, 41, and the Pittsburgh Steelers visit 40-year-old Joe Flacco and the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night.

The previous two times occurred in 2020, when Drew Brees, 41, and the New Orleans Saints twice beat Tom Brady, 43, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Flacco could have had the opportunity last week if he had not been traded from Cleveland (which lost to Pittsburgh on Sunday) to Cincinnati on Oct. 7. Flacco made four starts for the Browns before being benched in Week 5.

"It's one thing (the media) can't talk about this week in terms of me being older, at least, but it's pretty neat," Flacco joked on Tuesday. "Aaron's been in the l

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