CINCINNATI -- Aaron Rodgers keeps climbing the NFL's all-time passing yards list, and Thursday night, he stepped over an all-time Steelers great.
Rodgers overtook Ben Roethlisberger for fifth in all-time passing yards with a 15-yard throw to running back Jaylen Warren with 1:58 remaining in the second quarter of a down-to-the wire 33-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals . He trailed Roethlisberger's mark by 115 yards entering the game and the pass to Warren eclipsed that mark by 1 yard.
Rodgers finished 23-of-34 passing for a season-high 249 yards, with four touchdown throws and two interceptions.
He now stands at 64,222 passing yards for his career.
Roethlisberger, who retired in 2021 with 64,088 passing yards, spent his entire 18-year career in Pittsburgh. Rodgers joined the S