Whitworth to become NFL's 1st 40-year-old starting left tackle

Andrew Whitworth will make NFL history when he takes the field for the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football.

Whitworth, who celebrates his birthday Sunday, will become the first NFL player to start a game at left tackle at the age of 40 when the Rams face the Arizona Cardinals, according to ESPN's Lindsey Thiry. He'll also become the second active 40-year-old playing in the league, joining Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady.

"It's pretty amazing, it's great," Whitworth said. "I'll be definitely emotional about it and very thankful."

A former second-round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals, Whitworth has started 231 games over his 16 seasons. It sounds like he has plenty of football left in him too.

"To me, the only way that I would retire is there'd have to be a situation where either financially the Rams can't afford me, or there's just some way where it doesn't work out for the both of us for me to be back," he said. "So that would really be the only scenario where I would ever really see me retiring."