When the play-off quarter-finals take place this weekend in the NFL professional football league, only “twens” will be on the field as quarterbacks.

No one over 30, three under 25: When the play-off quarter-finals in the professional football league NFL take place this weekend, only “twens” will be on the field as quarterbacks. Older directors like Tom Brady (Tampa Bay Buccaneers/45) or Kirk Cousins (Minnesota Vikings/34) failed to make the wild card weekend, Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers/39) and Russell Wilson (Denver Broncos/34) did not even make it to the championship round.

The youngest and the oldest will meet at the end of the Divisional Play-offs on Monday night (00.30 CET). Rookie Brock Purdy (23) challenges the Dallas Cowboys around Dak Prescott (29) with the San Francisco 49ers.

Patrick Mahomes (27), the only Super Bowl champion among the eight remaining quarterbacks, plays with his Kansas City Chiefs against the Jacksonville Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence (23) in Saturday’s opener. 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)