Sunday night could be last time Bengals face future Hall of Famer
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers' announcement in May that he'll retire after the 2026 NFL season means the Cincinnati Bengals may face the future Pro Football Hall of Famer for the final time on NBC's Sunday Night Football at Paycor Stadium.
The Bengals lost to the Steelers at Pittsburgh's Acrisure Stadium in NFL Week 3 on Sunday, Sept. 27. Rodgers passed for 292 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception.
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The Bengals' probable final regular-season meeting with Rodgers would come one week after their Week 9 win against the Atlanta Falcons in Spain.
Both teams enter the AFC North showdown with 6-2 records, tied for first place in the AFC North.
What to know about the Bengals against Rodgers, who is in his 22nd NFL season:
Rodgers and the Bengals' Joe Flacco are the NFL's oldest active quarterbacks.
Rodgers turned 42 years old last December. Flacco turned 41 in January.
In 2025, a Week 7 Steelers-Bengals meeting at Paycor Stadium, Flacco and Cincinnati prevailed, 33-31, in a game the Steelers' Cam Heyward dubbed the "Icy Hot Bowl."
Rodgers and the Steelers avenged the loss four weeks later in Pittsburgh, though Rodgers was replaced after suffering a left wrist injury in the second quarter.
Bengals practice-squad QB Josh Johnson is the league's third-oldest active quarterback.
Rodgers is 4-3 against the Bengals in 20 NFL seasons.
Rodgers' first four career games against the Bengals took place while he quarterbacked the Green Bay Packers, before he split his two meetings with Cincinnati last season and defeated the Bengals earlier this season.
When Andy Dalton and the Bengals visited Lambeau Field in September 2017, they led 21-7 at the half. But the Packers rallied to outscore Cincinnati 17-3 in the second half and beat the Bengals on a Mason Crosby field goal at the end of overtime.
Rodgers passed for 313 yards with three touchdowns in that game.
Rodgers' 2021 matchup with Joe Burrow ended in heartbreak for the Bengals.
When Rodgers brought the Packers to Cincinnati in October of the 2021 season that concluded with a Bengals Super Bowl appearance, both teams entered the game with 3-1 records.
The Bengals scored on a Joe Mixon touchdown run with 3:27 left in the fourth quarter and tied the game on a 2-point conversion from Burrow to Tee Higgins. But a 49-yard field goal by Crosby in overtime gave the Packers a 25-22 win.
Rodgers was 27-of-38 passing for 344 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
Burrow, referred to by former teammate Mike Daniels before that season as "baby Aaron Rodgers," finished 26-of-38 passing for 281 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Rodgers lost his first two matchups with the Bengals.
Dalton and the Bengals stunned Rodgers and the Packers with 13 unanswered, fourth-quarter points to win 34-30 in Cincinnati in September 2013.
The Bengals' game-winning touchdown came on a Terence Newman 58-yard fumble return.
Carson Palmer, Chad Johnson and Cedric Benson helped the Bengals to a 31-24 win at Lambeau Field against Rodgers and the Packers in 2009.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Sunday night could be last time Bengals face future Hall of Famer