60K club: Aaron Rodgers jumps to sixth all time, Matthew Stafford eyes ninth

Last season, Aaron Rodgers became the ninth NFL backmost to propulsion for 60,000 regular-season passing yards, and successful Week 1, the Los Angeles Rams' Matthew Stafford joined him connected the prestigious list.

Stafford came into Week 1 against the Houston Texans needing 191 yards to deed 60,000, and he threw for 245 yards successful the win.

Stafford entered past play with a accidental to articulation the 60K nine but ended up conscionable abbreviated astatine 59,809 yards. He would person had a changeable to transverse the people successful Week 18, but the Rams chose to remainder him up of their playoff run. Stafford needed 3,943 yards to eclipse 60,000 successful 2024. Despite falling short, helium did pass Eli Manning for 10th spot connected the vocation passing list successful Week 4.

Rodgers, who made the move from the New York Jets to the Pittsburgh Steelers during the offseason, entered past play ranking ninth each clip successful passing yards. He needed 945 yards to articulation the 60K club, and helium did it successful Week 5 against the Minnesota Vikings successful London. He would spell connected to pass Dan Marino successful Week 11, and successful the last crippled of the season, helium moved beyond Matt Ryan for seventh place.

Rodgers needed 115 yards against the Miami Dolphins to walk Ryan, and Rodgers besides threw the 500th touchdown pass of his vocation successful the 2nd 4th -- joining Tom Brady (649), Drew Brees (571), Peyton Manning (539) and Brett Favre (508) connected that list.

On Sunday, Rodgers passed Philip Rivers (63,340 yards) to determination into sixth all-time. He came into Week 3 against the New England Patriots needing 41 yards to drawback Rivers. He did it connected a 21-yard walk to Jonnu Smith successful the archetypal quarter.

As for this season, Rodgers and Stafford person a accidental to determination further up. Rodgers entered the play needing 488 yards to drawback Rivers and 1,136 yards for Ben Roethlisberger (64,088 yards). Stafford realistically could walk Marino (61,361) and Ryan (62,792), and helium has a changeable astatine Rivers (3,631 yards shy entering the season) and Roethlisberger (4,279), arsenic well.

Ryan, successful 2022, had been the past backmost to transverse the 60,000-yard threshold earlier Rodgers and Stafford. But aft Stafford, nary different progressive backmost was adjacent entering the play -- with the New York Giants

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