It finally happened. Aaron Rodgers threw an interception at Lambeau Field.
For a while it seemed like Rodgers might be getting his yellow jacket at Canton before he threw another home pick. The Green Bay Packers quarterback hadn't thrown a home interception since Dec. 2, 2012. He threw 586 passes between picks.
His pick to break the streak, which came in the first quarter on Sunday in a 24-10 victory against the St. Louis Rams, wasn't a terrible error. Safety Mark Barron was blitzing and tipped the ball at the line. It went up in the air, just long enough for linebacker James Laurinaitis to make a great diving play to pick it off.
Of course it took an unbelieveable play to snap Rodgers' streak. Though Rodgers then threw another one, when Trumaine Johnson jumped a route to James Jones to pick off Rodgers in the second quarter. That interception-less streak lasted just six passes.
The streak of 586 passes between Lambeau interceptions is specific to just home games so it won't be an NFL mark we remember forever, but it's one of the more impressive feats in the NFL in a long time.
Rodgers threw another touchdown in the first quarter against the Rams before the interception, bringing the total to 49 touchdown passes at home between interceptions, counting playoffs. What makes the record truly unbelievable is how Rodgers destroyed the old mark, which Tom Brady held at 288 attempts at home between picks. Rodgers doubled that. To bring it into more perspective, Brady is the only starting quarterback without an interception this season, and it's just Week 5 (and Brady had a bye already). Rodgers had 12 touchdowns and no interceptions this season before Laurinaitis' interception.
It's hard to imagine that someone even threatens going nearly three calendar years between interceptions again anytime soon. Unless Rodgers starts another Lambeau streak.
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