On Monday night, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be starting his 23rd career Playoff game, tying the enigmatic future Hall of Famer with Joe Montana and Ben Roethlisberger for the 4th-most starts by a quarterback in postseason history. On the opposite sideline, Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud will be starting his 5th career playoff game, putting the 3rd-year signal-caller at something of a disadvantage, at least in terms of experience.
But within a very confident and prepared Houston Texans locker room, you won't find even the slightest bit of doubt that Stroud, who is 18 years younger than Rodgers -- and has 18 fewer postseason starts -- isn't ready to lead the Texans into the Steel City and emerge with a Wild Card Round win for the third consecutive year.