"The record Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is on the cusp of setting hasn't received the same amount of attention as the single-season passing yards or touchdown marks.

But if Rodgers sets the NFL record for highest passer rating in a season, it would put him in the exalted company of Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Steve Young and Joe Montana, holders of the top four ratings in history.

It certainly would be confirmation that his 2011 season was one of the best ever for an NFL quarterback.

"A second Super Bowl would be pretty important," Rodgers said last week when asked how important it would be to him to set the mark. "I wasn't really aware of that until (it was mentioned) just now."