Favre breaks Marino’s passing yardage record

December 17, 2007 in NFL History
Tags: 2007, brett. favre, packers, record, week 15

Brett Favre became the NFL career leader in yards passing Sunday, overtaking Dan Marino for his latest achievement in a milestone season.

The 38-year-old Favre, a three-time NFL MVP, pulled to within 1 yard of Marino with a 44-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings when he caught the Rams in a blitz. That put the Green Bay Packers ahead 27-14 in the third quarter.

Favre then passed the Dolphins’ Hall of Famer on the first play of the Packers’ next series with 23 seconds gone in the fourth quarter. The game was halted as Driver hugged Favre and other teammates patted him on the shoulder pads. Public address announcer Jim Holder acknowledged the record, prompting a huge ovation, and Favre shook hands with referee Ron Winter before flipping the souvenir ball to an attendant on the sideline.

Before the toss to Driver, Favre was reminded on the sideline that the next completion would mean the record, “which is good and bad.”

“I expected this to happen, but I wanted to win the ballgame and be focused on that and not be distracted or have the team be distracted by something I did,” Favre said. “Actually, when they stopped the game my first reaction was ‘What happened?’ A penalty or something like that.”

Marino passed for 61,361 yards in 17 seasons. Favre, who now has 61,405 yards, also is in his 17th season while enjoying a year comparable to his peak production, although he made sure Marino got his just due.

“I’ve said this all along: I’ve never considered myself to be in the same league as Dan Marino,” Favre said. “What a great passer, maybe the greatest passer ever.

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