So here are Rodgers' end-of-season statistics compared to the all-time greats in their fourth season, as provided by longtimefan.
QUARTERBACK YARDS TDS INTS RATING COMP %
Aikman 3445 23 14 89.5 63.8
Moon 2806 21 21 74.2 50.0
Kelly 3130 25 18 86.2 58.3
Cunningham 3808 24 16 77.6 53.8
Montana 3565 19 12 88.4 63.7
Elway 3485 19 13 79.0 55.6
P. Manning 4131 26 23 84.1 62.7
Brady 3630 23 12 85.9 60.2
Marino 4746 44 23 92.5 60.7
Favre 3882 33 14 90.7 62.4
Rodgers 4038 28 13 93.8 63.6
As we can see, Rodgers has the highest quarterback rating (beating Marino by a full 1.3), second-highest completion percentage (Aikman's was 0.2% higher), second-fewest interceptions (Montana had 1 fewer), third-highest passing yardage (only P. Manning and Marino had more), and third-most TD passes (only Marino and Favre had more).
Rodgers obviously stacks up very well against these HOF greats.
Unfortunately, these statistical comparisons are worthless, in my opinion, because they utterly fail to take into consideration at least three key factors: 1) How many starts did these QBs have entering their fourth season (Rodgers had none -- P. Manning had at least 48); 2) how good were the running games and defenses these QBs had (Matt Ryan has a better record than Aaron Rodgers this season, despite throwing half the TDs, largely because Atlanta has the #2 running game in the league); and 3) how these statistics compared to the league overall that season (e.g., Rodgers' TD count this season is 4th in the league).
If we can compile these comparisons, it will make these statistics far more valuable.
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