Super Bowl-winning analyst gets candid about careers of Aaron Rodgers, Mike Tomlin

If you look at how each of their careers started, it is hard to argue with Clark that both have underachieved, at least from a Super Bowl perspective. That was something else Clark alluded to when making his bold claim.

"If you would've told me," Clark said, "after Aaron Rodgers beat us in 2011 that both him and Mike Tomlin would not go back to a Super Bowl and we'd be in 2025, I would've bet my entire savings on it and I would've been broke."

In addition to his Super Bowl XLV win and game MVP award, Rodgers is a four-time league MVP, a 10-time Pro Bowler and a four-time First-Team All-Pro. 

Despite the immense accolades and 10 seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards, Rodgers has not been back to a Super Bowl since 2011. A two-year stint with the New York Jets did not go accordingly, having tore his left Achilles tendon in the season opener against the Buffalo Bills in 2023 and failing to make the playoffs in an inconsistent 2024 campaign.

Tomlin is in a similar situation after winning Super Bowl XLIII in 2009. Since then, the Steelers have not returned to "The Big Game." While Tomlin has remarkably never had a losing record during his time as Pittsburgh's head coach since 2007, he has also failed to record a playoff win since 2016.

Even though Tomlin had Ben Roethlisberger under center through the 2021 season and has coached many talented teams, Pittsburgh has been unable to find any postseason success and missed the playoffs three times in the last seven seasons.

Some questionable QB play and Tomlin's decision to stick with Russell Wilson instead of Justin Fields last season sent Pittsburgh on a downward spiral, losing its last five games. 

After signing a one-year deal with the Steelers earlier this month, the 41-year old Rodgers enters the fold and will be paired with the 53-year-old Tomlin. With Wilson gone to the New York Giants and Fields taking over for the Jets, this is now Rodgers' team heading into the 2025 season.

Whether this ends up being a downgrade or not remains to be seen, but time is certainly running out for Rodgers and Tomlin to add more accolades to their Hall of Fame careers.