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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers jokingly compared himself to former President Joe Biden when talking about how his age has him feeling alienated from the rest of the league.
Rodgers, the oldest active player in the NFL, recently watched from the sidelines as his new team beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 31-25.
But the 41-year-old felt like there was no one he knew on the opposite team - and told reporters about his lack of connection with younger stars.
'One of the weird things is, I'm 21 years in the league, so I'm over there... "Who do I know on Jacksonville",' Rodgers remarked.
'I know Heath Farwell, a special teams coach I've played against him. I know [running backs coach] Chad Morton, he was with us [in Green Bay]. And I've met [quarterback] Trevor [Lawrence] a few times.
'I was kinda looking around, doing the Joe Biden like "alright well, I guess I don't know anybody here, I'm gonna just walk off",' Rodgers added, referring to a viral clip of the former President at an international conference looking 'lost' among foreign leaders. 'I found Cam [Heyward] and TJ [Watt] and walked next them.'
Aaron Rodgers cracked a joke about not knowing as many people in the league anymore
The 41-year-old then compared himself to a clip of former President Biden looking lost
Rodgers appeared to get injured in practice as well, getting stepped on at one point by a lineman on either side of the ball.
ESPN's Brooke Pryor noted that Rodgers had a cut on the front of his right shin and that he took a break after the injury, but he later returned.
While he's settled in now with the team, he hasn't settled on a new helmet to play in.
For years, Rodgers had worn a Schutt Air XP Pro Q11 LTD. But now, that helmet has been banned by the NFL for failing to meet new safety standards.
He's been practicing in a similar model - the Schutt Air XP Pro VTD II - but isn't happy with it.
'I don't like it, no,' the quarterback said on Tuesday (via ESPN). 'I'm trying to change. We're in the process still. It looks like a damn spaceship out there.
'We got to change it. The face mask doesn't fit the helmet because that's an old face mask, obviously just like I'm old, but we're trying to find the right helmet right now.'
