Aaron Rodgers played what many believe to be the final playoff game of his Hall of Fame career on Monday night. a 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans. If this was indeed his last playoff hurray, 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 immediately after Monday’s loss. Amid speculation that his football career is over, Rodgers said he did not want to make an emotional decision and refused to talk further about his retirement during his post-match press conference.
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Number of postseason TD passes that separates Rodgers from the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes for second place on the NFL’s all-time list. Rodgers has 45 career TD passes in the playoffs, Mahomes has 46. No. 1: Tom Brady with 88.
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Many of Rodgers’ pick-6 players have played in a playoff game in his career, including what might have been the final pass of his career in Monday’s 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 until he was 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, which is the only one of Rodgers’ career. He also failed to throw a touchdown in his last playoff game with the Packers, a 13-10 loss to the 49ers in the 2022 divisional round.
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Seasons since Rodgers’ last playoff victory, won by the Packers. Rodgers led the 13-3 Packers to a 32-18 divisional round victory over the Los Angeles Rams following the 2020 season. They lost the following 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 win 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 came with the Packers, who were 5-3 when Rodgers reached that mark. One of those victories came 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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Various 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 following the 2016 season. Rodgers and the Steelers failed to end that streak Monday night.
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Number of playoff wins – and an equal number of playoff losses in starts – in Rodgers’ career.
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Rodgers has thrown more touchdown passes than interceptions during his playoff career. He added nothing to his total Monday evening. But his 45 touchdown passes in the postseason total a ratio of more than 3-to-1 compared to his 14 interceptions thrown in the postseason.
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Days between Rodgers’ first playoff game with the Packers in 2010 and what could have been his last Monday night with the Steelers.
