Brett Favre - 2006 Season
Played all 16 games for a 14th straight year With a career-high 613 pass attempts, led the league for a second straight year, joining George Blanda (1963-65) as one of two passers to pace the NFL multiple times after their 36th birthdays Including 1999, when his 595 passes led the NFL, also joined Arnie Herber (1932, 1934, 1936) as one of two Green Bay passers to pace the league in attempts for three overall seasons Completed 56.0 percent of his passes (343-for-613), including 18 touchdowns, his fewest since his first year as the Packers' starter, 1992, when he also had 18 (in the interim, his 12 straight years with 20-or-more TDs remains the league record) Also threw 18 interceptions, trimming his 2005 total by 11, the best improvement of his career Became the NFL's all-time leader in pass completions, in addition to extending his league marks for consecutive and overall 3,000-yard seasons On three occasions, captured 'FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week' - after spirited victories in Week 3 at Detroit, Week 10 at Minnesota and Week 17 at Chicago
Made his 14th career start in a season opener, vs. Chicago (Sept. 10) and was shut out, 26-0, for the first time he could recall at any level of football (including 1987-90 at Southern Mississippi); his 222 starts without a shutout had been the most in NFL history, a distinction that reverted back to Steve DeBerg (140) Gave the Packers an early lead in an eventual 31-24 triumph at Detroit (Sept. 24), finding Jennings on a short route across the middle, a play that turned into a 75yard touchdown, the 400th TD pass of the quarterback's decorated career For his flawless play in Lions win, earned 'NFC Offensive Player of the Week,' 'FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week,' NBC 'Football Night in America Player of the Day' and 'CBS/Westwood One Radio Amtrak Player of the Week' In 23-20 setback vs. St. Louis (Oct. 8), for the first time in his career lost in a start at Lambeau Field in which he did not throw an interception; was 39-0 (43-0 including playoffs) entering the Rams contest At Miami (Oct. 22), threw a perfect 34-yard strike to Driver between two defenders, a play ruled incomplete until officials overturned the call on Green Bay's replay challenge; reacted to the announcement by twirling Driver on his shoulders in a fireman's carry, a celebration repeated a few times with the receivers since Surpassed 25,000 Lambeau Field passing yards in 31-14 triumph vs. Arizona (Oct. 29); threw for 180 yards and a TD, for a passer rating of 102.1. Ran in a 1yard score in Cardinals contest, his first rushing touchdown since Dec. 3, 2001, followed by his first ever Lambeau Leap. In the fourth quarter against Arizona, became only the second player in league annals to throw for 25,000 yards in a single stadium (Elway, 27,889, Mile High Stadium) At Minnesota (Nov. 12), completed 24 of 42 passes for a season-high 347 yards and two touchdowns, a 100.0 passer rating, and surpassed No. 3 Bruce Matthews (229, 1987-2001) on the league's all-time list of longest recorded games streaks In tough loss vs. New England (Nov. 19), left in the second quarter with ulnar nerve damage in his right elbow and did not complete a start due to injury for only the sixth time in his then 231-game streak Returned to start next week at Seattle (Nov. 27) In 17-9 win vs. Detroit (Dec. 17), with a 21-yard pass to Carlyle Holiday late in the first half, became the NFL's all-time leader in pass completions, surpassing Marino (4,967) Four days later in rainy, 9-7 win vs. Minnesota (Dec. 21), threw for 285 yards, including a 36-yard, fourth-quarter strike to Martin that set up Dave Rayner's 44yard field goal and iced the 36th game-winning comeback of the quarterback's career; on his last pass of the night, became the first in NFL history to reach 5,000 completions Finished the season with a fourth consecutive victory, a 285-yard, one-TD performance at Chicago (Dec. 31), helping the Packers to a runaway 26-7 triumph over the eventual NFC champions