defender Indianapolis Colts, Philip Rivers, arrived this afternoon at Dan Marino ranked fifth on the all-time touchdown pass list National Football League, with 420, with his first touchdown thrown against Pittsburgh Steelers as part of Week 16.
The notation connection that put Rivers the by Marino on the list was a passage of 42 yards to Zach Pascal, with just over four minutes to play in the second quarter.
This is the second time Rivers snatch a position from Marino in the league’s record books. In week 10, Rivers left behind the former star of Miami Dolphins– and member of Hall of Fame– for the fifth place on the list of all courts with 61,361 yards. Rivers He went into a duel this Sunday against smelter with 63,006 passing yards for life.
At the time of retirement, Marino he was the all-time leader in the league in both fields. Tom Brady from Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the current leader on the touchdown list, with 577, while Drew Brees from New Orleans Saints he is the current leader on the list of courts of passage, with 80,157. Brees became the first player to cross more than 80,000 yards last Friday, also in the game of Week 16, in a duel against Minnesota Vikings.
After Brady, keep going Brees (568) Peyton Manning (539) and Brett Favre (508) on the list of touchdown passes in history NFL. Of the active players, at Rivers Follow him Aaron Rodgers, from Green Bay Packers, with 404.
Rivers plays his first season for Colts, after spending his first 13 years in NFL with San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers. Rivers was a recruit in the first round of New York Giants in Draft 2004 – selected fourth overall – which was traded almost immediately to chargers as part of a defender package Eli Manning, elected first general in the same sketch.
Rivers signed with Colts as a free agent for one season and $ 25 million, all guaranteed.
Indianapolis joined the party in the fight for the divisional title of AFC Enabled, and with a score of 10-4.