FOXBOROUGH, Mass -- Two decades after being drafted to Brett Favre's team in Green Bay, quarterback Aaron Rodgers surpassed the Hall of Fame quarterback in career passing touchdowns Sunday with a 12-yard score to wide receiver DK Metcalf over New England Patriots cornerback Carlton Davis III .

Rodgers now has 509 career passing touchdowns to Favre's 508. The score gave the Steelers a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter of the Week 3 game against the Patriots.

Earlier in the drive, Rodgers also passed Philip Rivers to move into sixth place in all-time passing yards. Ben Roethlisberger is directly ahead of Rodgers in fifth place with 64,088 career passing yards.

The score gave Rodgers sole ownership of the fourth-most career passing touchdowns in NFL history and the most among a

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