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Aaron Rodgers could well be playing his final NFL season, but the future Hall of Famer isn’t done collecting milestones.
With a 10-yard completion to DK Metcalf in the fourth quarter of a 26-7 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback became just the fifth player in NFL history to eclipse 65,000 passing yards.
Rodgers entered Sunday with 64,921 yards, needing just 79 yards to hit the milestone mark, though it was an arduous task to get there against a stingy Buffalo defense. Rodgers was stymied through the air for most of the contest, and early in the second half missed a Pittsburgh possession while having a cut on his nose tended to following a big hit and fumble caused by pass rusher Joey Bosa.
Regardless of taking a beating, Rodgers eventually found room to reach rarefied air that only a collection of the league’s all-time elite have risen to. He finished the contest with 117 yards on 10-of-21 passing, good for 65,038 career passing yards.
He’s now locked into fifth place all time behind Tom Brady (89,214), Drew Brees (80,358), Peyton Manning (71,940) and former teammate Brett Favre (71,838).