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Aaron Rodgers
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Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers has overtaken legendary Brett Favre and now holds the Green Bay Packers' touchdown record in the National Football League.
In the 24:22 win against the Cleveland Browns on Christmas Day (local time) Rodgers booked three touchdown passes and now comes to a total of 445 - three more than Favre, whose substitute Rodgers was at the beginning of his career.
The 38-year-old is in great shape: Rodgers has thrown 16 touchdowns without interception in the past five games.
With his first touchdown pass to Allen Lazard, he trumped Favre's record on Saturday.
After the record touchdown, Favre sent a video congratulation to his successor at Lambeau Field: “I have a request.
Get us another Super Bowl.
Congratulation."
The Packers with the German-American Equanimeous St. Brown have already been determined as division winners and are well on their way to starting the play-offs as the top-seeded team.
That would guarantee them a bye and home right until the conference finals.
In the past two seasons, the Packers had lost what nearly ended Rodgers' time with the Packers in the summer.
The 38-year-old celebrated his only Super Bowl victory in 2010.
The play-offs start on January 15th.
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