Rodgers passes Favre on all-time pass TD list

FOXBOROUGH, Mass -- Two decades aft being drafted to Brett Favre's squad successful Green Bay, backmost Aaron Rodgers surpassed the Hall of Fame backmost successful vocation passing touchdowns Sunday with a 12-yard people to wide receiver DK Metcalf implicit New England Patriots cornerback Carlton Davis III.

Rodgers present has 509 vocation passing touchdowns to Favre's 508. The people gave the Steelers a 14-0 pb aboriginal successful the 2nd 4th of the Week 3 crippled against the Patriots.

Earlier successful the drive, Rodgers besides passed Philip Rivers to determination into sixth spot successful all-time passing yards. Ben Roethlisberger is straight up of Rodgers successful 5th spot with 64,088 vocation passing yards.

The people gave Rodgers sole ownership of the fourth-most vocation passing touchdowns successful NFL past and the astir among progressive players. Rodgers is present 30 down Peyton Manning's 539 passing touchdowns.

Rodgers tied Favre with his 508th touchdown walk successful the Week 2 nonaccomplishment to the Seattle Seahawks with a 2-yard onslaught to Metcalf successful the 2nd quarter.

Before the Seahawks game, Rodgers, who had 4 passing touchdowns successful the Week 1 triumph against the Jets, downplayed the anticipation of passing Favre's touchdown total.

"It's conscionable a longevity achievement," Rodgers said of closing successful connected Favre's mark. "... A batch of guys are a portion of that. Some touchdowns you marque exceptional plays. Some, the strategy is truthful good, ... each you got to bash is not screw it up, and past sometimes, you propulsion a abbreviated 1 to a feline and helium goes 60 and it goes successful the file the same.

"There's been a batch of guys progressive successful that, including the guys blocking, the guys calling the plays. Every present and then, I made immoderate peculiar throws that led to touchdowns, but I've been playing for a agelong time."

Rodgers, selected by the Packers successful the archetypal circular of the 2005 NFL draft, sat down Favre for 3 seasons earlier taking implicit for the Hall of Famer successful 2008. Rodgers threw 475 of his touchdowns with the Packers, portion Favre recorded 442 successful a 16-season span successful Green Bay. Rodgers added 28 successful his two-season stint with the New York Jets, though helium lone played 1 play aft missing 2023 with an Achilles rupture successful the season-opener. Favre, meanwhile, threw 44 touchdowns successful 2 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and 22 successful 1 play with the Jets.