Regardless of what people think of Aaron Rodgers, he is undeniably one of the greatest football players of all time. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback is still at it at 41 years old, leading a team that is currently in position to make the NFL playoffs and is about to face his former team, the Green Bay Packers, this coming Sunday.
While talking to reporters on Wednesday, Rodgers was asked if the Steelers’ close loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 7 reminded him of a particular game in 2009 when he was still the quarterback of the Packers against Pittsburgh.
Apparently, he does. He even still remembers how it all went down.
“I think it was 37-36. I remember that game. Yeah, I mean, we had a big night throwing it,” Rodgers can be heard saying in a video shared by Kevin Adams of STEEL HERE.
“Starting with Greg down the middle for about 85. And then James Jones, you know, on the shake route to go ahead and then let him down the field. Back-shouldered Mike for the win. No, I wasn’t thinking about that game, but that was a fun game to the last seconds.”
Listening to Rodgers presser today. This dude is insane. They ask him about a game from 2009 that the Steelers win on the final play in a shootout. And he recalls exactly how it went and even the play design to take the lead.
I love football junkies. He’s a football junkie. pic.twitter.com/dz54EkEODT
— Kevin Adams (@KevinAdams26) October 22, 2025
Fans react to Aaron Rodgers’ remembering a 2009 Packers-Steelers game
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco (16) shake hands after the fourth quarter of the NFL Week 7 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. The Bengals won, 33-31.
Rodgers’ display of football memory left fans amazed.
“He brought up the plays from one of his first starts on PMS the one day. Crazy,” said a fan on X.
Another one said: “I would bet there is a huge correlation with his ability to insanely recall details like this, read defenses, struggle with relationships in personal life, outside the box thinking on many topics, etc. It is a brain wired differently than 99.99999999% of the population.”
From a commenter: “Quarterback recollection is insane. Brad Johnson does the same thing from Jon Gruden play calls back in 2002. And his calls were like essays.”
“Wild, he’s got a football brain – probably the best in the league at this point with his career longevity it’s great,” a social media user posted.
Via a different commenter: “He can do this off the cuff for every game he’s ever played probably since he started playing football. Dude has an insane football memory.”
Said another: “How the hell did he recall that like that? That’s wild. A true nut. We don’t appreciate Rodgers enough.”
Rodgers and the Packers lost that game, 37-36, as Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger connected with wide receiver Mike Wallace for a 19-yard touchdown to tie the game with just three seconds left in the fourth quarter before kicker Jeff Reed made the game-winning field goal.
Rodgers had 383 passing yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions in that contest, while Roethlisberger had 503 passing yards and three touchdowns with no picks thrown.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) throws a pass in the first quarter of the NFL game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Oct. 16, 2025.
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