Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, Jalen Hurts, Matthew Stafford, Russell Wilson and Joe Flacco are the only projected Week 1 starting quarterbacks to have started and won a Super Bowl. Yet this season could mark the last hoorah for three of them as QB1.
Rodgers already projected during the offseason this is probably his final year.
"I'm pretty sure this is it (my last season)," Rodgers said during an appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" on June 24. "That's why we just did a one-year deal. Steelers didn't need to put any extra years on that or anything. This was really about finishing with love and fun and peace for the career that I've had. I played 20 freaking years. It's been a long run and I've enjoyed it. What better place to finish than in one of the cornerstone franchises of the NFL?"
On his third team in four years, the Pittsburgh Steelers present Rodgers his best opportunity to return to the postseason. After all, Mike Tomlin led the Steelers to a winning record in each of his 18 seasons as head coach, marking the longest such streak to start a head coaching tenure in NFL history. Pittsburgh’s reached the playoffs two-straight years without Rodgers.
Flacco’s on his second stint with the Cleveland Browns. He’s part of an infamous group of 40 quarterbacks who’ve started for the Browns since 1999.
