Question

Green Bay and Tampa Bay square off today in a matchup featuring a pair of standout quarterbacks. Aaron Rodgers in the regular season threw 48 touchdown passes, while Tom Brady threw 40. Who were the quarterbacks involved in the only other playoff game featuring two quarterbacks who had thrown over 40 touchdowns in the regular season? It was played in January, 2012.

Answer

Drew Brees and Matthew Stafford. They threw 46 and 41 TD passes that year, then met in the first round of the playoffs (with New Orleans beating Detroit 45-28).