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In his “Last Rodeo” season, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers could become the fifth quarterback in NFL history to reach the 70,000-yard mark for his NFL career. Tom Brady (89,214), Drew Brees (80,358), Peyton Manning (71,940) and Brett Favre (71,838) are the four quarterbacks in NFL history with over 70,000 yards passing.
Rodgers, who’s at 66,274 career passing yards, needs 3,726 passing yards to reach the 70,000-yard milestone this season.
Rodgers finished 15th in the NFL in passing yards (3,322) last season, along with posting an impressive 24-to-7 touchdown-to-interception ratio. He played in 16 of the 17 regular season games, only missing the Week 12 game against the Chicago Bears due to a suffering multiple fractures in his non-throwing (left) wrist.
The odds at DraftKings have Rodgers as +200 to throw for at least 3,726 yards and finish with at least 70,000.
With Rodgers returning to the Steelers, he is likely to leap over Peyton Manning on the NFL all-time touchdown passing list this season. Rodgers, who has thrown 527 touchdown passes, needs just 13 TD passes to move ahead of Manning for third all-time.
Rodgers would likely need to play two more seasons to surpass Drew Brees (571) for second place, while Tom Brady’s all-time record of 649 career touchdown seems to be out of reach.
In Week 3 last season against the New England Patriots, Rodgers surpassed his former Green Bay Packers teammate, Brett Favre, for the fourth-most career touchdown passes.
“It’s just a longevity achievement,” Rodgers said when asked about surpassing Favre. “Some touchdowns, you make exceptional plays. Some, the scheme is so good, like the one to Jaylen (Warren) in the game. All I’ve got to do is not screw it up. And then sometimes you throw a short one to a guy and he goes 60 and it goes in the column all the same. So there’ve been a lot of guys involved in that, including the guys blocking, the guys calling the plays.
“Every now and then, I made some special throws that led to touchdowns, but I’ve been playing a long time. It’s a longevity thing that, you know, I’m proud of, but it’s not a big deal.”
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Aaron Rodgers on Brink of Major NFL Career Milestone
