{"id":935167,"date":"2026-07-03T02:27:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/935167\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T02:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:27:35","slug":"analyst-has-blunt-take-on-aaron-rodgers-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/935167\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst Has Blunt Take on Aaron Rodgers’ Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"PittsburghJim Dedmon-Imagn Images\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Analyst Steve Palazzolo thinks Aaron Rodgers<\/a> is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but he doesn\u2019t consider him among the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at Rodgers in comeback situations, the Browns game last year, through his career, he hasn\u2019t been great in comeback situations,\u201d Palazzolo said Thursday on his Check the Mic<\/a> podcast. \u201cHis curve, he didn\u2019t have the tick up and aggressiveness. He\u2019s like, \u2018No, I\u2019m not throwing a pick.\u2019 But an incompletion\u2019s the same as a pick if it\u2019s on fourth down. <\/p>\n

\u201cRodgers is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. He\u2019s awesome. I don\u2019t think he played winning football. I hate the whole talent conversation. \u2018There\u2019s the most talented quarterback.\u2019 That doesn\u2019t matter\u2026At some point, how well you play matters more than talent. I don\u2019t think Rodgers has played winning football at the same level as Peyton, Brady, Mahomes, and some of the other elite quarterbacks. I think he\u2019s just a tick below that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AaronPittsburgh Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers takes part in the team\u2019s first OTA practice on Monday, May 18. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n

Rodgers holds the best career touchdown-to-interception ratio in NFL history, boasting a roughly 4.28 TD-INT ratio, having thrown 527 passing touchdowns to only 123 interceptions.<\/p>\n

One stat really illustrates how Rodgers is the best in NFL history when it comes to avoiding interceptions. Rodgers has thrown only five pick sixes in his 21-year NFL career. Of the 12 QBs who have thrown for 50,000 yards in their career, here\u2019s how many pick sixes they\u2019ve thrown: Brett Favre (32), Matthew Stafford (32), Dan Marino (28), Peyton Manning (27), Drew Brees (27), Philip Rivers (26), Eli Manning (22), Matt Ryan (20), Tom Brady (18), John Elway (18) and Ben Roethlisberger (18).<\/p>\n

Eli Berkovits of Packer Report<\/a> also notes that Rodgers\u2019 123 career interceptions are significantly fewer than the 11 other quarterbacks mentioned. Matt Ryan has the second-fewest INTs at 183.<\/p>\n

With Rodgers returning to the Steelers, he is likely to leap over Peyton Manning on the NFL all-time touchdown passing list this season. Rodgers, who has thrown 527 touchdown passes, needs just 13 TD passes to move ahead of Manning for third all-time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rodgers would likely need to play two more seasons to surpass Drew Brees (571) for second place, while Tom Brady\u2019s all-time record of 649 career touchdown seems to be out of reach.<\/p>\n

Rodgers finished 15th in the NFL in passing yards (3,322) last season, along with posting an impressive 24-to-7 touchdown-to-interception ratio. He played in 16 of the 17 regular season games, only missing the Week 12 game against the Chicago Bears due to a suffering multiple fractures in his non-throwing (left) wrist.<\/p>\n

In Week 3 last season against the New England Patriots, Rodgers surpassed his former Green Bay Packers teammate, Brett Favre, for the fourth-most<\/a> career touchdown passes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a longevity achievement,\u201d Rodgers said<\/a> when asked about surpassing Favre. \u201cSome touchdowns, you make exceptional plays. Some, the scheme is so good, like the one to Jaylen (Warren) in the game. All I\u2019ve got to do is not screw it up. And then sometimes you throw a short one to a guy and he goes 60 and it goes in the column all the same. So there\u2019ve been a lot of guys involved in that, including the guys blocking, the guys calling the plays.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery now and then, I made some special throws that led to touchdowns, but I\u2019ve been playing a long time. It\u2019s a longevity thing that, you know, I\u2019m proud of, but it\u2019s not a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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