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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is on the verge of breaking several NFL milestones in his 21st season. He needs just 1,337 passing yards to surpass Ben Roethlisberger for the fifth-most all-time, and needs six passing touchdowns to surpass Brett Favre for fourth-most all-time.
On Wednesday’s livestream of Roethlisberger’s Footbahlin podcast, the future Hall of Fame quarterback touched on Rodgers likely leaping in front of him on the all-time passing list.
“Aaron’s going to pass my all-time passing record this year,” Roethlisberger said. “Good. Records are meant to be broken.”
Roethlisberger thinks the four-time NFL MVP is one of the best to ever do it. He even thinks Rodgers in his prime was better than three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes.
“Well, I would take Aaron in his prime over Patrick now,” Roethlisberger said. “I think Aaron Rodgers in his prime was one of the top few to ever do it – and so is Patrick Mahomes at his prime. Patrick Mahomes is just entering out of his prime, I think.”
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Former Ravens linebacker Bart Scott had no problem with Rodgers declaring on The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday that this season likely will be the final one.
Scott thinks Rodgers should be celebrated during his swan song.
“I think he deserves an opportunity to be celebrated, to tell everybody, ‘Hey, this is my last year.’ What happened in New York, that narrative, he can’t go out that way,” Scott said Scott said on ESPN’s Get Up. “He just wants to come out and be who he is and representative of who he is and an organization that he’s always admired. And I think he deserves the opportunity to go out that way. He’s one of the best to ever do it. He leaves us desiring more. I think he’s underappreciated.”
Much like he did during his introductory meeting with the media at the Steelers’ mandatory minicamp, Rodgers said nothing is tethering him to the game.
“I didn’t need this. I didn’t need it all,” Rodgers said. “I don’t feel the need to prove anything to anybody (and) don’t have any chip on my shoulder that I need to hold on to. I don’t want the attention. I know that’s a narrative out there. When this is all done … you won’t see me. I won’t be in the public.”
The significant milestones could have played a part in Rodgers making one last run. But the main thing seems to be that he didn’t want to leave on a bad note, as his two-year tenure with the New York Jets was an absolute disaster. He also gets a chance to play for a historic franchise and a future Hall of Fame head coach in Mike Tomlin.
Brendan Howe contributed reporting for this story.
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