The quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts, Philip Rivers, Got this afternoon in Dan Marino in fifth place in the historical list of touchdown passes in the National Football League, With 420, with its first annotation projection launched against the Pittsburgh Steelers as part of Week 16.
The scoring connection you put in Rius at the time Marino on the list was a 42-yard pass for Zach Pascal, With just over four minutes to play in the second quarter.
This is the second time that Rius takes a place in Marino in the league record books. In Week 10, Rius left behind the former star of the Miami Dolphins– and member of the Hall of Fame– for fifth place in the historical list of yards per pass with 61,361 yards. Rius entered the duel this Sunday against the Steelers with 63,006 yards per lifetime pass.
At the time of his retirement, Marino he was the all-time historical leader in the league in both categories. Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the current leader on the touchdown pass list, with 577, while Drew Brees of the Saints of New Orleans is the current leader in the list of yards per pass, with 80,157. Brees became the first player to surpass the 80,000-yard mark by passing last Friday, also in Game of Week 16, in a duel against the Vikings of Minnesota.
after Brady, continue Brees (568), Peyton Manning (539) i Brett Favre (508) in the list of touchdown passes in the history of the NFL. Among active players, a Rius follows him Aaron Rodgers, Dels Green Bay Packers, With 404.
Rius plays his first season for the Colts, After spending his first 13 years in the NFL with the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers. Rius was a first – round recruit of the New York Giants in Draft 2004 –selected fourth global–, that was changed almost immediately to Chargers as part of a package for the quarterback Eli Manning, Elected first overall in the same draft.
Rius signed with the Colts as a free agent for one season and $ 25 million, all guaranteed.
Indianapolis entered the party in the fight by the divisional title of AFC enabled, And with a mark of 10-4.