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The two oldest quarterbacks in the NFL are set to go head-to-head on Thursday, and one Pittsburgh Steelers player has bestowed the game with the perfect nickname.
41-year-old Aaron Rodgers and 40-year-old Joe Flacco will face each other when the Steelers go up against the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night. It will mark only the second time ever that two quarterbacks age 40 and up will start against each other in an NFL game.
Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward crashed Rodgers’ media availability on Tuesday to give the game a perfect title.
“Oldest quarterbacks playing this week. Let’s go. Icy Hot Bowl. I love it,” Heyward said.
Football fans can’t stop laughing — and sharing — after a Pittsburgh Steelers player coined what might be the most perfect nickname ever for the upcoming Aaron Rodgers vs. Joe Flacco showdown.
He called it:
“The SSS Bowl.”
And the internet is losing its mind trying to decode what it means.
The Game Everyone’s Talking About
The upcoming Jets vs. Browns matchup was already shaping up to be one of the most intriguing games of the season — two veteran quarterbacks, both Super Bowl champions, both with something to prove.
Aaron Rodgers, finally returning from injury, is looking to remind the world why he’s still one of the most gifted arms in NFL history.
On the other side, Joe Flacco — the ageless wonder — has resurrected his career with the Browns, turning back the clock and shocking critics who thought his best days were long gone.
But what’s gotten fans buzzing this week isn’t just the football — it’s the nickname that a Steelers linebacker casually dropped during an interview.
The Birth of “SSS”
During a locker-room press conference in Pittsburgh, Steelers LB Alex Highsmith was asked about the Jets-Browns game and which QB he was rooting for.
Without missing a beat, he smirked and said:
“That’s not just a game, man. That’s the SSS Bowl.”
Reporters laughed. Cameras flashed. And within minutes, “SSS” became the newest viral term in the NFL universe.
When asked what it stood for, Highsmith grinned and replied:
“Simple. Slow. Smart. Savage.”
He continued:
“You’ve got Rodgers — the cerebral assassin. You’ve got Flacco — the cool old-school gunslinger. They’re not running around like Lamar or Josh Allen. They’re standing there, reading the field, thinking five steps ahead. That’s what I call real football. The SSS Bowl.”
Social Media Goes Wild
Within hours, the clip hit X (formerly Twitter), and fans immediately ran with it.
Memes exploded everywhere.
📱 One fan wrote:
“Can’t wait for the SSS Bowl: two dudes moving at 0.5 mph but throwing darts like snipers.”
😂 Another joked:
“The SSS stands for ‘Still Slanging Spirals.’”
Others interpreted it differently — “Smooth, Silent, Surgical,” or even “Senior Showdown Special.”
By Wednesday night, hashtags like #SSSBowl, #RodgersVsFlacco, and #StillGotIt were trending across sports Twitter.
