Whenever you are 41 years old, have spent two decades in the National Football League, and have played in 247 NFL games, essentially every time you take the field, there’s a chance you can make league history. That describes New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and that’s exactly what the four-time MVP did in Sunday’s 40-14 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
However, it’s not the kind of history that Rodgers will be proud of, as it’s more of a reminder of the physical toll that 20 years in the league will bring. On Sunday, Rodgers passed Tom Brady as the most sacked quarterback in the 105-year history of the NFL. Rodgers entered the game having been taken down 564 times in his career, one behind Brady at 565. He matched the all-time record—in a safety, no less—late in the first quarter and then broke it midway through the third quarter. Bills’ linemen Gregory Rousseau and DaQuan Jones combined for the record breaker, as those two will now become the answers to random sports bar trivia questions.
