India, Oct. 15 -- The Cincinnati Bengals are all set to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in a high-octane game at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Thursday, October 16. While the classic AFC North matchup is gaining significant attention among the NFL fans, the encounter will also mark an extremely rare occurrence in the league.

As per Sports Illustrated, Thursday night's game will only be the third time in the history of the NFL when the starting quarterbacks on both ends will be at least 40 years old or older. For the Bengals, Joe Flacco will be the starting quarterback. He is 40 years and 274 days old. On the other hand, quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who is 41 years and 319 days old, will start for the Steelers.

The last two times when th...