Steelers' Aaron Rodgers Named 16th-Best QB in NFL: 'Deserves Credit'

NFL.com believes Pittsburgh Steelers veteran Aaron Rodgers is the 16th-best QB in the league.

Rodgers is one spot ahead of Tyler Shough of the New Orleans Saints and one spot behind Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders on NFL.com's list. 

Rodgers has 1,487 passing yards and 12 touchdown passes this season. He's completing 61.4% of his passes. 

Pittsburgh is averaging 22.8 points per game in Year 1 of the Mike McCarthy era. Rodgers and McCarthy led the Green Bay Packers to a Super Bowl XLV win against the Steelers back in 2011. They reunited this offseason. 

Rodgers will retire from the NFL after this season. He has been a pro since 2005. The four-time MVP has played for the Packers, New York Jets and Steelers. 

Rodgers enters Week 7 with 67,761 career passing yards and 539 career passing touchdowns. The Steelers will be favored to beat the Saints in Paris. 

A future first-ballot Hall of Famer, Rodgers has 539 touchdown passes in his NFL career with the Packers, Jets and Steelers. The NFL legend is tied with Peyton Manning for third on the NFL's all-time passing touchdown list.

If Rodgers throws a touchdown in Week 7 against the Saints, he will be in sole possession of third place.

Tom Brady is first in NFL history with 649 touchdown passes. Drew Brees is second with 571.

Pittsburgh is tied with the Cleveland Browns at 4-2 in the AFC North. However, the Browns beat the Steelers a couple of weeks ago, so technically, Cleveland is in first place in the division. 

Rodgers had 3,322 passing yards, 24 passing touchdowns and seven interceptions last season. The Steelers won the AFC North but lost to the Houston Texans in the wild-card round of the playoffs. 

Pittsburgh's offensive line needs to protect Rodgers better moving forward. Otherwise, the NFL legend could get injured soon. The oldest active QB in the NFL can't keep getting sacked like this.

Rodgers has been sacked 19 times this season.

Can Rodgers win a Super Bowl in his final NFL season like Manning did with the Denver Broncos? Only time will tell. The odds are pretty low since the Steelers have many flaws on both sides of the ball. 

However, we said the same thing about the 2010 Packers and they shocked the world by winning the Super Bowl. Let's see if Rodgers has one more trick up his sleeve before leaving the NFL for good.