If last night's game against the Texans really was the final one in Aaron Rodgers's Hall of Fame career, then he went out on a sour note.
Rodgers's Steelers got thumped by Houston, 30–6, in a game that was just as ugly as the final score would indicate. The Pittsburgh offense couldn't get anything going against Houston's elite defense. While the Texans were at times equally inept on offense, they put the final nail in the Steelers' coffin with two defensive touchdowns in the fourth quarter—both of which came at Rodgers's expense.
The first of those defensive scores came when Rodgers was sacked by Will Anderson Jr. and coughed up the ball, which was then returned for a touchdown by Sheldon Rankins. The second came on what may have been the final pass of Rodgers's career. With the Steelers clinging to the slimmest of hopes in the final three minutes, Rodgers threw a pass behind his tight end Pat Freiermuth that was picked off by Houston's Calen Bullock, who then ran it back for a touchdown. The last Steelers player to get a hand on Bullock during the return was Rodgers, but Bullock easily shook off Rodgers's tackle attempt and Rodgers could only watch as he put the finishing touches on Houston's win.
The end of the Steelers' season inevitably raised questions about whether this is also the end of Rodgers's career. He turned 42 last month, and, while his lone season in Pittsburgh went much better than his disastrous two-year run with the Jets, his limitations forced the Steelers to play a dink-and-dunk offense that was often painful to watch. Rodgers, though, declined to address his future when speaking with reporters after the game.
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