Week 17 vs. Detroit Game Release.indd - NFL.com
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LIONS AT PACKERS - WEEK <strong>17</strong><br />
RODGERS ROLLING<br />
QB Aaron Rodgers has connected on 343-of-502 passes (68.3 percent)<br />
for 4,643 yards and a career-high 45 TDs with six INTs for a 122.5 passer<br />
rating this season.<br />
With the 45 TD passes, Rodgers has set the single-season franchise<br />
record (Brett Favre, 39, 1996). He matched the team record<br />
with a career-high five TD passes <strong>vs</strong>. Chicago on Sunday night.<br />
Rodgers has set a franchise record this season with 10 games with at<br />
least three TD passes (Favre, eight games, 1996). He is one of only three<br />
QBs in <strong>NFL</strong> history to have 10 or more games with three-plus TDs (Dan<br />
Marino, 1984; Tom Brady, 2007).<br />
Rodgers threw at least two TD passes in each of the first 13 games this<br />
season, a streak that was tied for the longest in <strong>NFL</strong> annals with Colts QB<br />
Peyton Manning (2004) and Brady (2010-11).<br />
Rodgers’ 4,643 passing yards are a franchise record (Lynn Dickey,<br />
4,458 in 1983). Rodgers now has two of the top three single-season<br />
passing yardage marks in franchise history (4,434 in 2009).<br />
A look at the best single-season marks for passer rating and passing<br />
TDs in <strong>NFL</strong> history:<br />
Quarterback<br />
Passer Rating<br />
1. Aaron Rodgers, GB, 2011 122.5*<br />
2. Peyton Manning, IND, 2004 121.1<br />
3. Tom Brady, NE, 2007 1<strong>17</strong>.2<br />
* one game remaining<br />
Quarterback<br />
TD Passes<br />
1. Tom Brady, NE, 2007 50<br />
2. Peyton Manning, IND, 2004 49<br />
3. Dan Marino, MIA, 1984 48<br />
4. Aaron Rodgers, GB, 2011 45<br />
With eight 300-yard passing games this season, Rodgers has set the<br />
single-season franchise record:<br />
Quarterback<br />
300-Yard <strong>Game</strong>s<br />
1. Aaron Rodgers, 2011 8<br />
2t. Brett Favre, 1995, 2007 7<br />
Rodgers set a franchise record in <strong>Week</strong> 14 by reaching the 4,000-yard<br />
passing mark in just the 13th game of the season (previous record was<br />
15 games). It is also tied for the second fastest to 4,000 yards in <strong>NFL</strong><br />
history behind only Saints QB Drew Brees (12 games in 2011).<br />
Rodgers joins Favre (five) as the only Green Bay quarterbacks to post<br />
three or more 4,000-yard passing seasons:<br />
Rodgers has connected on 477-of-699 passes (68.2 percent) for 6,370<br />
yards, 59 TDs and just nine INTs for a 119.7 passer rating over the<br />
past 21 games (including playoffs).<br />
The Packers have averaged 28.3 points per game in Rodgers’ 62 career<br />
starts, No. 1 among <strong>NFL</strong> QBs since 1950 (min. 50 starts):<br />
Quarterback<br />
Points Per <strong>Game</strong><br />
1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 28.3<br />
2. Philip Rivers, SD 27.4<br />
3t. Otto Graham, CLE 27.1<br />
3t. Norm Van Brocklin, LA/PHI 27.1<br />
A look at where Rodgers ranks in the <strong>NFL</strong> this season:<br />
Quarterback<br />
Passer Rating<br />
1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 122.5<br />
2. Drew Brees, NO 108.4<br />
3. Tom Brady, NE 105.1<br />
Quarterback<br />
Touchdowns<br />
1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 45<br />
2. Drew Brees, NO 41<br />
3t. Tom Brady, NE; Matthew Stafford, DET 36<br />
Quarterback<br />
Yards/Attempt<br />
1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 9.25<br />
2. Tom Brady, NE 8.50<br />
3. Matt Schaub, HOU 8.49<br />
Quarterback<br />
Completion Pct.<br />
1. Drew Brees, NO 70.7<br />
2. Aaron Rodgers, GB 68.3<br />
3. Tom Brady, NE 65.6<br />
Quarterback<br />
Passing Yards<br />
1. Drew Brees, NO 5,087<br />
2. Tom Brady, NE 4,897<br />
3. Aaron Rodgers, GB 4,643<br />
Quarterback<br />
TD/INT Ratio<br />
1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 7.60<br />
2. Tom Brady, NE 3.27<br />
3. Tony Romo, DAL 3.22<br />
Rodgers posted a regular-season career-high 408 passing yards in<br />
Green Bay’s 49-23 win over Denver in <strong>Week</strong> 4. He became the first QB<br />
in team history to record two 400-yard passing games, and now has two<br />
of the top four single-game marks in franchise annals.<br />
Against Denver, Rodgers matched his career high with four TD passes<br />
and added a career-best two rushing TDs. He became the first QB in<br />
team history to post four passing TDs/two rushing TDs in a game.<br />
Even more noteworthy, Rodgers became the first quarterback in<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> history to register 400 passing yards/four passing TDs/two rushing<br />
TDs in a game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.<br />
With two TD passes at Atlanta in <strong>Week</strong> 5, Rodgers hit the 100-TD mark<br />
as a starter. He ac<strong>com</strong>plished that feat in his 52nd career start, besting<br />
the previous franchise mark of 59 starts by Favre. Among active QBs,<br />
Rodgers tied with Cowboys QB Tony Romo for the fewest starts<br />
needed to hit the 100-TD mark as a starter.<br />
When he hit the 100-TD mark for his career, Rodgers had thrown just<br />
34 interceptions to that point, the fewest in <strong>NFL</strong> history by a player<br />
at the time he threw his 100th career TD pass, according to Elias:<br />
Quarterback<br />
INTs at 100th TD<br />
1. Aaron Rodgers, GB 34<br />
2. Philip Rivers, SD 43<br />
3. Dan Marino, MIA 44<br />
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