Steelers' Aaron Rodgers passes Brett Favre on all-time TD list - ESPN

FOXBOROUGH, Mass — Two decades after being drafted to Brett Favre's team in Green Bay, quarterback Aaron Rodgers surpassed the Hall of Fame quarterback in career passing touchdowns Sunday with a 12-yard score to wide receiver DK Metcalf over New England Patriots cornerback Carlton Davis III.

Rodgers now has 509 career passing touchdowns to Favre's 508. The score gave the Steelers a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter of the Week 3 game against the Patriots.

Earlier in the drive, Rodgers also passed Philip Rivers to move into sixth place in all-time passing yards. Ben Roethlisberger is directly ahead of Rodgers in fifth place with 64,088 career passing yards.

The score gave Rodgers sole ownership of the fourth-most career passing touchdowns in NFL history and the most among active players. Rodgers is now 30 behind Peyton Manning's 539 passing touchdowns.

Rodgers tied Favre with his 508th touchdown pass in the Week 2 loss to the Seattle Seahawks with a 2-yard strike to Metcalf in the second quarter.

Before the Seahawks game, Rodgers, who had four passing touchdowns in the Week 1 win against the Jets, downplayed the possibility of passing Favre's touchdown total.

«It's just a longevity achievement,» Rodgers said of closing in on Favre's mark. "… A lot of guys are a part of that. Some touchdowns you make exceptional plays. Some, the scheme is so good,… all you 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 the same.

«There's 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 for a long time.»

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