No one over 30, three under 25: When the play-off quarterfinals in the professional football league NFL take place at the weekend, only “Twens” are on the field as quarterbacks. Older directors like Tom Brady (Tampa Bay Buccaneers/45) or Kirk Cousins (Minnesota Vikings/34) failed at the wild card weekend, Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers/39) and Russell Wilson (Denver Broncos/34) didn’t make it at all in the championship round.
At the end of the divisional play-offs, the youngest and the oldest meet on Monday night (00.30 CET). Rookie Brock Purdy (23) challenges the Dallas Cowboys with the San Francisco 49ers to Dak Prescott (29).
Patrick Mahomes (27), the only Super Bowl champion among the eight remaining quarterbacks, will play with his Kansas City Chiefs against the Jacksonville Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence (23) at the start on Saturday (10.30 p.m. / both ProSieben and DAZN). The quarter-final duels at a glance:
Kansas City Chiefs (Patrick Mahomes/27) – Jacksonville Jaguars (Trevor Lawrence/23)
Philadelphia Eagles (Jalen Hurts/24) – New York Giants (Daniel Jones/25)
Buffalo Bills (Josh Allen/26) – Cincinnati Bengals (Joe Burrow/26)
San Francisco 49ers (Brock Purdy/23) – Dallas Cowboys (Dak Prescott/29)
