Bill Belichick, an aficionado of football history, gets to witness first-hand another notable chapter of NFL history: Tom Brady vs. Aaron Rodgers.

On Sunday, the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers will play, featuring two of the best quarterbacks in game. Belichick called Rodgers “one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL” on Wednesday and has called “Brady the greatest quarterback of all time.”

Does Brady still have the edge?

“Yeah, well, I’ve never played against Tom Brady. So I’m glad he’s our quarterback,” Belichick said Wednesday at a press conference. “He’s a great quarterback. He’s won a lot of games for us and hopefully he’ll win a lot more and we’ve won a lot of games because of him, but I’ve never played against Tom Brady so it’s a different context.”

Neither Brady nor Rodgers has enjoyed his best year. Brady has gotten a handful of unlucky bounces which have resulted in interceptions. Rodgers has played through a leg injury. Still, the results have been impressive.

Brady has completed 67.5 percent of his passes for 2,200 yards, 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Rodgers has completed 61.3 percent of his passes for 2,283 yards, 13 touchdowns and an interception.

“I’d say playing against Aaron Rodgers is very, very difficult. He’s as good as anybody that I’ve faced and we’ve faced a lot of good ones through the years,” Belichick said. “That’s not to take anything away from anybody else. I’m just saying the guy is a great player. He can do everything that a quarterback needs to do consistently. He does it well. He throws a lot of touchdowns. He doesn’t throw very many interceptions. The receivers make a ton of yards after he gets them the ball, and a big part of that is him getting them the ball in space, on the run, so that they can continue to gain positive yards after the catch. He doesn’t make them work for the ball. He gets out of some plays that very few guys can get out of. He’s got tremendous production down the field. Once again, he leads the league in touchdowns-to-interceptions. He leads the league in big plays. He’s thrown however many long passes to however many different receivers. It’s not all one guy. He’s a great player.”

Belichick said he was “absolutely” glad he doesn’t have to game plan for Rodgers often, because the Packers are in the NFC.

“We only play Rodgers once every four years,” Belichick said. “I guess it would be good if we played him more than that, but you know what I mean. I’m in no rush to see him every week. I wouldn’t want to be in that division.”