Coming into today, Kirk Cousins of the Atlanta Falcons has compiled 287 touchdown passes during his career. That places him three touchdown passes from reaching the 290 level. And Cousins is 16th in the Super Bowl Era Super Bowl Era leaders in touchdown passes. The top 3 looks like Tom Brady, Drew Brees and then Peyton Manning.
So far this year, Cousins ranks at 4th among TD passes with 17. In his previous game, he ended up with 3 touchdown passes in a 27-21 win against the Dallas Cowboys.
Today, the Falcons travel to battle the New Orleans Saints who are in 3rd in the NFC South. The Falcons are 6-3 and are 1st in the NFC South. They enter having won their last two while the Saints have lost their last six and fired their coach.
Here are the Most Touchdown Passes Leaders (Super Bowl Era):
1. Tom Brady 649
2. Drew Brees 571
3. Peyton Manning 539
4. Brett Favre 508
5. Aaron Rodgers 490
6. Philip Rivers 421
7. Dan Marino 420
8. Ben Roethlisberger 418
9. Matt Ryan 381
10. Matthew Stafford 366
10. Eli Manning 366
12. Russell Wilson 337
13. John Elway 300
14. Carson Palmer 294
15. Warren Moon 291
16. Kirk Cousins 287
17. Vinny Testaverde 275
18. Joe Montana 273
19. Dave Krieg 261