Aaron Rodgers said he's "having a lot of fun" this season.
It shows.
With a league-leading 40 touchdowns through 14 games, he heads into Sunday night's key interconference game against the visiting Titans as the only player in NFL history to have three seasons with 40 or more touchdown passes.
"It's obviously fun when you're winning," Rodgers said before the Packers beat the Panthers last weekend and moved atop the NFC with an 11-3 record. "But it can be fun if you're in the right head space, and I feel like I have been, really, since the offseason and COVID hit."
Not long after COVID-19 reached the United States, the Packers shocked the football world twice in a three-day NFL draft. First, they took quarterback Jordan Love in the first round. Then they didn't draft a receiver despite a huge need and perhaps the best receiver class to choose from ever.
Forty touchdowns — and counting — later, Rodgers and the Packers are laughing last.
Once upon a time, throwing for 40 touchdowns in a season was unheard of. Dan Marino was the first to do it when he threw for 48 in 1984, the NFL's 65th season.
Brett Favre's career high was 39. Joe Montana's was 31.