The quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts, Philip Rivers, reached this afternoon Dan Marino in fifth place on all-time touchdown pass list in the national football league, with 420, with his first touchdown pass coming against Pittsburgh Steelers as part of week 16.
The score connection that Rivers at the by Marino on the list was a 42-yard pass Zach Pascal, with just over four minutes to play in the second quarter.
This is the second time that Rivers takes a position Marino in the league’s record books. In week 10 Rivers left behind the former star of the Miami dolphins– and member of the Hall of Fame– for fifth place on the historic passing yard list with 61,361 yards. Rivers He went into the game against the Steelers with 63,006 passing yards for life.
When you retire, Marino he was the top league leader in both areas. Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the current leader on the touchdown pass list, with 577, while Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints he is the current leader on the passing recruiting list, with 80,157. Brees became the first player to cross the 80,000 passing yards mark last Friday, also in the week 16 game, in a game against the Minnesota Vikings.
After Brady, they continue Brees (568), Peyton Manning (539) and Brett Favre (508) on the list of touchdown passes in the history of the NFL. Between active players, up to Rivers follow him Aaron Rodgers, of the Green Bay Packers, with 404.
Rivers plays its first season Foals, after his first 13 years in the NFL with the San Diego/Los Angeles chargers. Rivers was a first round recruit of the New York Giants in Draft 2004 – selected fourth overall – which was traded almost immediately to the Chargers as part of a package for the quarterback Eli Manning, chosen as the first overall in the same design.
Rivers signed with the Foals as a free agent for one season and $ 25 million, all guaranteed.
Indianapolis the party competed for the division title of the AFC on, and with a grade of 10-4.