By Lydia Jane Allison

Rodgers faces Green Bay for first time: When the Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2) host the Green Bay Packers (4-1-1) on Sunday Night Football (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), it will mark Aaron Rodgers’ first career start against the team that selected him No. 24 overall in the 2005 NFL Draft. In 230 regular-season games (223 starts) from 2005-22, Rodgers totaled 59,055 passing yards and 475 touchdown passes with Green Bay. Additionally, he made 21 postseason starts, recorded 5,894 passing yards and 45 touchdown passes while leading the Packers to the Super Bowl XLV title following the 2010 season.

• With a win in Week 8 against his former team, Rodgers can become the fifth starting quarterback ever record a win against each of the 32 teams, along with Pro Football Hall of Famers Brett Favre and Peyton Manning as well as Tom Brady and Drew Brees.
• Last week, Rodgers recorded his 36th career game with at least four touchdown passes, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning for the third-most such games in NFL history. He also surpassed Ben Roethlisberger for the fifth-most regular-season passing yards all-time.
• In four career Sunday night starts, Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love has 12 TDs (11 passing, one rushing) with no interceptions for a 121.1 rating. In Week 8, he can join Drew Brees (twice) and Aaron Rodgers as the only quarterbacks with at least two touchdown passes and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in five consecutive Sunday night starts.
• Green Bay defensive lineman Micah Parsons had a career-high three sacks last week, his 16th career game with at least two sacks since entering the NFL in 2021, tied with T.J. Watt for the fifth-most such games by a player in his first five seasons since 1982. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (24 games), Richard Dent (19) and Jared Allen (17) as well as J.J. Watt (21) have more.

COURTESY NFL COMMUNICATIONS