Former Packers Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams are nearing NFL milestones at the end of the 2024 season

The Green Bay Packers have a lot to do heading into the postseason by the end of 2024, but two former franchise greats are chasing NFL milestones in the final two games of the season.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and receiver Davante Adams – now with the New York Jets – can achieve special success to close out 2024.

The Jets, who finished 4-11 and are eliminated from postseason contention, will finish the season with a road game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday and a home game against the Miami Dolphins next Sunday.

Rodgers has 499 career touchdown passes and is one step away from becoming the fifth quarterback in NFL history with 500 touchdown passes. Rodgers, a future Pro Football Hall of Famer, threw 475 of his career touchdown passes with the Packers.

QBs with 500 TD passes in their career

1. Tom Brady, 649
2. Drew Brees, 571
3. Peyton Manning, 539
4. Brett Favre, 508

According to the NFL, Rodgers joins Manning as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw 500 touchdown passes in fewer than 250 career games. Sunday against the Buffalo Bills will be Rodgers’ 247th career game. Manning needed 244.

Rodgers and Adams are also closing in on history as a TD-producing duo. The two enter Week 17 with 82 career touchdowns including the postseason, tied for the third-most in NFL history. With one more hit, Rodgers and Adams will pass Dan Marino and Mark Clayton for third place all-time, behind only Manning and Marvin Harrison (114) and Steve Young and Jerry Rice (92).

QB-WR touchdowns, including postseason

1. Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison: 114
2. Steve Young and Jerry Rice: 92
3. Dan Marino and Mark Clayton: 82
3. Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams: 82
5. Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown: 78

Rodgers and Adams scored 76 of their 82 touchdown connections with the Packers between 2014 and 2021.

Adams, a second-round pick of the Packers in 2014, recently caught his 100th career touchdown pass, becoming the 12th player in NFL history with 100 or more touchdown catches. He currently ranks 10th all-time with 102 touchdown catches, trailing only Mike Evans (103) among active players.

Rodgers, now 41, has thrown 24 touchdown passes and 11 interceptions in 15 starts this season. Adams has recorded 56 catches for 719 yards and six touchdowns in nine games since joining the Jets from the Las Vegas Raiders.

Both Rodgers and Adams face uncertain futures in New York after 2024. Rodgers is still considering whether he wants to continue playing in 2025, while both Rodgers and Adams have unsavory and likely unsustainable cap hits for a team that will likely hire a new general manager and head coach after a disastrous 2024 season.