Rodgers stays in pursuit of Brady’s record

By JERRY TAPP

In the Packers’ loss to the Washington Commanders, QB Aaron Rodgers attempted 35 passes, had a pair of TD passes to Aaron Jones, and did not have a pass intercepted. It was the 45th time in his career that he reached those numbers in an NFL regular season game.

Rodgers 45 games with 35+ pass attempts, two or more TD passes and no interceptions in a game rank third all-time behind Tom Brady and Drew Brees on the NFL list. Brady tops the list with 62 such games; Brees is second with 50.

It’s interesting to note that in the two games this season that Rodgers reached those numbers, the Packers lost. The team is now 33-12 in games when Rodgers reaches these passing stats, a .733 winning percentage.

Here is a look at the NFL all-time Top 10 in this category … career games with 35+ passing attempts, two or more TD passes, and no interceptions.

Tom Brady, 62

Drew Brees, 50

Aaron Rodgers, 45

Peyton Manning, 33

Matt Ryan, 32

Brett Favre, 27

Ben Roethlisberger, 24

Matthew Stafford, 22

Philip Rivers, 21

Kirk Cousins, 21

Rodgers and Favre were not the only two Packers’ QBs to reach these stats in a game. Rodgers tops the Green Bay list with his 45 games followed by Favre with 25 during his time with the Pack. Also on the list are: Don Majkowski (two games) and Brett Hundley, Mike Tomczak, Randy Wright and Tobin Rote with one game each.