Here's a look back at an illustrious playoff career, by the numbers, in what might have been Aaron Rodgers' last playoff game.
Aaron Rodgers played in what many are speculating is the final playoff game of his certain Hall of Fame career Monday night, a 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans. If that was, indeed, his last postseason hurrah, here's a look back at an illustrious playoff career, by the numbers.
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Times Rodgers was willing to discuss his football future in the immediate aftermath of Monday's loss. Amid speculation that his football career is over, Rodgers said that he didn't want to make an emotional decision and declined to talk further about retirement in his postgame news conference.
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Number of playoff TD passes that separate Rodgers from the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes for second place on the NFL's all-time list. Rodgers has 45 career playoff TD passes, Mahomes has 46. No. 1: Tom Brady with 88.
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Number of pick-6's Rodgers has thrown in a playoff game in his career, including what might have been the final pass of his career in Monday's wild-card loss to the Texans.
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Number of quarterbacks who have started a playoff game at age 42 or older: Rodgers, Drew Brees and, of course, Brady. Brady did it eight times with the Patriots and Bucs all the way up to age 45. Brees did it with the Saints in 2021, two days after his 42nd birthday. And now, Rodgers has joined them.
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Number of playoff games out of 22 in which Rodgers did not throw a touchdown, including Monday's. He failed to find the end zone in the 2011 NFC championship game against the Bears. But the Packers won that game en route to Green Bay's Super Bowl XLV victory over the Steelers that stands as the only one of Rodgers' career. He also failed to throw a touchdown in his final playoff game with the Packers, a 13-10 loss in 49ers in the divisional round in 2022.
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Seasons since Rodgers' last playoff win, which came with the Packers. Rodgers led the 13-3 Packers to a 32-18 divisional round win over the Los Angeles Rams after the 2020 season. They lost the next week in the NFC championship game to Brady and the eventual Super Bowl champion Bucs.
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Number of quarterbacks who have won more playoff games than Aaron Rodgers. Brady (35), Mahomes (17), Joe Montana (16), Peyton Manning (14), Terry Bradshaw (14), John Elway (14), Brett Favre (13) and Ben Roethlisberger (13) are the only quarterbacks to have won more. Rodgers is tied with Cowboys greats Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach with 11.
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Number of times Rodgers has thrown three or more touchdowns in a playoff game. That includes two games in which he threw four. All of them came with the Packers, who were 5-3 when Rodgers reached that mark. One of those wins was in Green Bay's Super Bowl win over Pittsburgh, in which Rodgers completed 24 of 39 passes for 309 yards with 3 touchdowns and no turnovers.
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Different quarterbacks — including Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger — who have started at least 1 game for the Steelers since Roethlisberger led the Steelers to their last playoff victory after the 2016 season. Rodgers and the Steelers weren't able to end that streak Monday night.
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Number of playoff victories — and an equal number of playoff losses in starts — in Rodgers' career.
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More touchdown passes than interceptions Rodgers has thrown in his playoff career. He didn't add to his tally Monday night. But his 45 postseason touchdown passes add up to a better-than 3-to-1 ratio to his 14 playoff interceptions thrown.
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Days between Rodgers' first playoff game with the Packers in 2010 and what might have been his last Monday night with the Steelers.
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