{"id":508882,"date":"2026-01-07T01:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/508882\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T01:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:23:10","slug":"stunning-aaron-rodgers-playoff-fact-emerges-before-steelers-texans-wild-card-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/508882\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunning Aaron Rodgers Playoff Fact Emerges Before Steelers-Texans Wild-Card Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is two-for-two in his career in the wild-card round entering Monday\u2019s playoff-opener against Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>Those are Stroud\u2019s only two playoff victories in his young career though, while the 42-year-old Rodgers has 11 postseason wins to his credit.<\/p>\n<p>The Texans signal-caller isn\u2019t the only playoff quarterback whose postseason experience pales in comparison, however, as Rodgers\u2019 career victory total in the tournament is more than the rest of the AFC\u2019s leading men combined (10).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould the rest of the AFC be worried about Aaron Rodgers in the playoffs? \ud83d\udc40,\u201d The Athletic posted on Bluesky Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that Rodgers also has 10 playoff losses too, so his postseason career hasn\u2019t exactly been spotless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the four-time MVP has been playing in the NFL significantly longer than Stroud and the other five AFC playoff quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Stroud has a 2-2 career playoff record, Denver Broncos star Bo Nix is 0-1 in the postseason, Jacksonville Jaguars former Pro Bowler Trevor Lawrence is 1-1, Buffalo Bills reigning MVP Josh Allen is 7-6, Los Angeles Chargers Pro Bowler Justin Herbert is 0-2 and New England Patriots MVP candidate Drake Maye has never played a playoff game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/2026\/01\/05\/steelers-given-brutal-ranking-on-super-bowl-contenders-list\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are home underdogs<\/a> vs. the Texans heading into their playoff battle, but at least Pittsburgh has a significant advantage under center in terms of playoff experience.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/2026\/01\/06\/do-steelers-have-elite-cornerback-in-rising-star\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Do Steelers Have Elite Cornerback In Rising Star?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is two-for-two in his career in the wild-card round entering Monday\u2019s playoff-opener against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2288],"tags":[13973,5,48030,2328,2304,4,2305,2303],"class_list":{"0":"post-508882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-josh-allen","11":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","12":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-mlb-playoffs","15":"tag-mlb-postseason"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115851205271475808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}