Fresh off of leading Ohio State to a national championship, quarterback Will Howard was taken by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL draft. It took a few weeks, but he was eventually joined by a QB 18 years his senior on the Steelers depth chart: four-time league MVP Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers's history with young quarterbacks is a bit fraught. After having a touch-and-go relationship with Brett Favre as a young quarterback with the Green Bay Packers, Rodgers was put in an extremely similar situation when the Packers drafted Jordan Love in 2020. He and Love ultimately forged a tight bond, but the awkwardness with the franchise never truly dissipated before he was ultimately traded to the New York Jets in early 2023.
