Bengals' Sunday night game vs Steelers might be last vs QB Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers faced the Bengals twice during the 2025 season and might play just two more games against Cincinnati before retiring.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers' announcement May 20 that he'll retire after the 2026 NFL season means the Cincinnati Bengals may face the future Pro Football Hall of Famer just two more times. The Bengals are scheduled to visit Pittsburgh's Acrisure Stadium in NFL Week 3 on Sunday, Sept. 27, and will host the Steelers at Paycor Stadium on NBC's Sunday Night Football on Nov.
15. The Bengals' potential final regular-season meeting with Rodgers could come one week after their Week 9 game against the Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain . What to know about the Bengals against Rodgers, who is entering 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 backup Josh Johnson is the league's third-oldest active quarterback. Rodgers is 3-3 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. When Andy Dalton and the Bengals visited Lambeau Field in September 2017 , they led 21-7 at the half.