Aaron Rodgers may well be playing his final NFL season, but the future Hall of Famer isn’t done accumulating milestones.
With a 10-yard completion to DK Metcalf in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 26-7 loss to the Buffalo Bills, 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 and needed just 79 yards to reach the milestone, though getting there was a difficult task against Buffalo’s stinging defense. Rodgers was stopped through the air for most of the contest, and early in the second half, Pittsburgh lost the ball while a cut on his nose tended to follow a heavy hit and fumble by pass rusher Joey Bosa.
Regardless of taking a hit, Rodgers eventually found room to reach the rarefied air that only a collection of the league’s elite teams have achieved. He finished with 117 yards on 10-of-21 passing, good for 65,038 career passing yards.
He is now tied for fifth all-time behind Tom Brady (89,214), Drew Brees (80,358), Peyton Manning (71,940) and former teammate Brett Favre (71,838).