After an NFL game, it’s tradition for the two quarterbacks to meet somewhere on the field and shake each other’s hands. Usually, those exchanges are brief, but it was a little bit longer on Thursday night between Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers. The matchup between Flacco and Rodgers was just the third between two quarterbacks over 40 years old, and appearing on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Flacco said he wanted to make sure to tell Rodgers how much he appreciated battling him.
“I have a lot of appreciation for it. And listen, I won the football game, so it was easy for me to feel good about myself in that moment and make sure I grabbed him and kept him there for a minute.