'Unc Bowl' thriller: Best reactions to vintage Flacco vs. Rodgers duel
Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers put on a quarterback duel for the (old) ages.
Flacco, 40, bested the 41-year-old Rodgers as the Cincinnati Bengals pulled off a narrow 33-31 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday Night Football. Fans on social media couldn't help but commend both vets for turning back the clock.
Here are some of the greatest posts about Thursday's timeless thriller.
Joe Flacco wins the Unc Bowl! pic.twitter.com/6hu60Uy9wL
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) October 17, 2025
flacco and rodgers after putting on a show in the icy hot bowl https://t.co/sXnNMliOKe pic.twitter.com/OQF0HiOYyR
— ਮਨਵਿੰਦਰ (@LeJattJames) October 17, 2025
41-year old Aaron Rodgers and 40-year old Joe Flacco on a random Thursday night in October pic.twitter.com/8T8UVgP5m1
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) October 17, 2025
Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers waking up tm: pic.twitter.com/Q0QvzP6vEx
— Sleeper (@SleeperHQ) October 17, 2025
They are calling this the best 40 year old QB duel ever
— Joel Moran (@joelvmoran) October 17, 2025
Joe Flacco:
342 YDS / 3 TDS / 108.6 RTG
Aaron Rodgers:
249 YDS / 4 TDS - 2 INTS / 103.7 RTG pic.twitter.com/zUDQSkQ4ck
Rodgers and Flacco tonight pic.twitter.com/l9r31ZUWmu
— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) October 17, 2025
Flacco and Rodgers after The Unc Bowl pic.twitter.com/dYdFHQjwqs
— Games with Names (@gameswithnames) October 17, 2025
"I told Aaron after the game, I don't think I've ever beat him."
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 17, 2025
Joe Flacco reflects on the TNF thriller win against the Steelers 😂 @notthefakeSVP pic.twitter.com/dH6OC6sUT8
Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers on Madden when they first joined the league. pic.twitter.com/uDecSDKsQH
— Polymarket Football (@PolymarketBlitz) October 17, 2025
Flacco vs Rodgers pic.twitter.com/HjEuvbi2Bc
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) October 17, 2025
The 2025 Unc Bowl between Aaron Rodgers and Joe Flacco pic.twitter.com/3x4yhLy0DI
— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) October 17, 2025
#Bengals QB Joe Flacco is trolling Aaron Rodgers via Instagram before the UNCbowl pic.twitter.com/mwqLoLuRt4
— Howard Betta (@Gaige_returns) October 15, 2025
What an absolute game that was.
— Mikey O’ver (@MikeyOver1) October 17, 2025
Two 40 year olds just turning the clock back and throwing it all around the park.
Sports are undefeated, nothing like it.
A perfect Primetime UNCtion.
Beautiful. pic.twitter.com/Yt6w7O9KYg
THE UNCTION IS DELIVERING. pic.twitter.com/L6Bwj3gYec
— Jovan (@jovan_deeb) October 17, 2025
Even baseball's Toronto Blue Jays got in on Thursday's old-man fun. Thanks to 41-year-old Max Scherzer, they tied their American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners at 2-2. The veteran hurler threw five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings and held the Mariners to two earned runs on three hits in his 500th career start between the regular season and postseason.
The Unc-tion did NOT disappoint 🫡 #WANTITALL pic.twitter.com/0K7BxT52MD
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) October 17, 2025
Thursday marked the first time ever a 40+ year old starting pitcher (Max Scherzer) won in the MLB postseason and a 40+ year old starting QB (Joe Flacco) won in the NFL on the same day. pic.twitter.com/5M2vdKgSbc
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) October 17, 2025
Joe Flacco (40), Aaron Rodgers (41) & Max Scherzer (41) delivered on Thursday night 👴 pic.twitter.com/1WnmnrKcK4
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) October 17, 2025
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