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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — With his 12-yard, second-quarter passing touchdown to DK Metcalf, Aaron Rodgers surpassed his former Green Bay Packers teammate, Brett Favre, for the fourth-most career air strikes in NFL history.
Rodgers has 509 for his career, now trailing only Tom Brady (649), Drew Brees (571) and Peyton Manning (539). Rodgers also climbed above Philip Rivers for the sixth-most passing yards in league lore.
“It’s just a longevity achievement,” Rodgers said last week. “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.”
Including the one to Metcalf — which helped stake the Steelers to a 14-0 lead — Rodgers has thrown for six touchdowns with the Steelers this season. He piled up four of them in Week 1 against the Jets, hitting Ben Skowronek, Calvin Austin, Jonnu Smith and Jaylen Warren. He floated another to Metcalf in the Steelers’ 31-17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks last week.
Rodgers led the league in passing touchdowns in 2016 and 2020, throwing for 40 and 48, respectively. He threw 475 touchdown passes during his 18 seasons in Green Bay and another 28 over two seasons with the New York Jets.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers’ Aaron Rodgers Passes Brett Favre for Career Milestone
