Through 15 games, he's passed for 3,028 yards, 23 touchdowns and seven interceptions. His play has been directly tied to the Steelers' success or failure this season. In Pittsburgh's nine wins, he's completed 71.6% of his passes for an average of 212.3 yards per game, 7.4 yards per attempt, a 15-1 TD-INT ratio and a 110.6 passer rating. In the six losses, he's completed 57.7% of his passes for 186.2 YPG, 5.8 YPA, an 8-6 TD-INT ratio and a 75.0 passer rating.

Rodgers was asked whether he'd played the way he'd hoped entering the season.

"At times, yeah, definitely," Rodgers said. "Anytime you're in a first-year offense, there's always some growing pains within the offense. It's always like, you feel like, if you had another year, what you could do.

"We've done the best we could with our conversations and our meeting time outside the facility and our meeting time in the facility. But obviously the more years you get in the system with the same guys, the more continuity you have, the better you feel like you can play."

If Sunday night's tussle with Baltimore ends in a loss, there will be big decisions to be made in Pittsburgh. From Mike Tomlin's future to Rodgers' potential retirement. A victory would push those questions aside for at least one more week.