s quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered an obvious damage on the finish of the primary half of the staff's e towards the s at Acrisure Stadium.
Rodgers walked awkwardly to the locker room after exchanging phrases with Bengals defensive sort out Dexter Lawrence II.
"Lawrence's proper knee landed on Rodgers' aspect," CBS shade analyst Ross Tucker mentioned.
"Actually a play they might take again if they’d an opportunity," play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle added.
Rodgers is in his twenty second NFL season, second with the Steelers.
Rodgers' announcement in Could that he'll retire after the 2026 season e the longer term Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer simply two extra instances.
Rodgers and the Bengals' Joe Flacco are the NFL's oldest energetic quarterbacks.
Rodgers turned 42 years previous final December. Flacco turned 41 in January.
In 2025, a Week 7 Steelers-Bengals assembly at Paycor Stadium, Flacco and 1, in a sport the Steelers' Cam Heyward dubbed the "l."
Rodgers and the Steelers s 4 weeks later in Pittsburgh, although Rodgers was changed after y within the second quarter.
Bengals backup Josh Johnson is the league's third-oldest energetic quarterback.
Rodgers is 3-3 towards the Bengals in 20 NFL seasons.
Rodgers' first 4 profession video games towards the Bengals passed off whereas he quarterbacked the s, earlier than he cut up his two conferences with Cincinnati final season.
When Andy Dalton and the Bengals visited Lambeau Subject 7, they led 21-7 on the half. However the s rallied to outscore Cincinnati 17-3 within the second half and beat the Bengals on a Mason Crosby subject aim on the finish of additional time.
Rodgers handed for 313 yards with three touchdowns in that sport.
Rodgers' solely matchup with Joe Burrow led to heartbreak for the Bengals.
When Rodgers introduced the Packers to Cincinnati in October of the 2021 season that concluded with a Bengals Tremendous Bowl look, each groups entered the sport with 3-1 information.
The Bengals scored on a Joe Mixon landing run with 3:27 left within the fourth quarter and tied the sport on a 2-point conversion from Burrow to s. However a 49-yard subject aim by Crosby in additional time gave the Packers a 25-22 win.
Rodgers was 27-of-38 passing for 344 yards with two touchdowns and n.
Burrow, referred to by former teammate Mike Daniels earlier than that season as "s," completed 26-of-38 passing for 281 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Rodgers misplaced his first two conferences towards the Bengals.
Dalton and the Bengals shocked Rodgers and the Packers with 13 unanswered, fourth-quarter factors to win 34-30 in Cincinnati in September 2013.
The Bengals' game-winning landing got here 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 Subject towards Rodgers and the Packers in 2009.
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