Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre took his rightful place in NFL immortality when he replaced Dan Marino as the league's all-time leading touchdown passer during the Packers' 23-16 win over Minnesota Vikings last weekend.

Favre wrote his name in the history books when he connected with Greg Jennings on a slanted 16-yard pass in the first quarter for his 421st career touchdown pass.

Bermudian running back Ron Davenport, who played alongside the legendary Marino for five seasons with the Miami Dolphins before being forced out of the game through injury, yesterday saluted Favre's remarkable achievement and described him as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.

"It's a great achievement to be the all-time touchdown leader. And I think Brett Favre may be the last quarterback to break the touchdown record because you have to have longevity in the NFL," he said.

To date 37-year-old Favre has thrown 9,056 passes, appeared in 265 games and is a 16-year NFL veteran.

Davenport, who rushed for 11 touchdowns during his rookie season with the Dolphins in 1985, believes Favre has some of the same qualities that propelled Marino to iconic status. "Brett is sort of like Marino in that they both have that gun slinger mentality," he said.

"Brett has played most of his career with one team and basically this helps you to get those types of records because you are the constant leader of that team and you have to touch the ball.

"You have to be the guy who is throwing the ball all of the time in order to get that record, which I don't think is going to be broken."

During his five-year playing stint with Miami, Davenport won divisional titles with Marino.

"It was a pretty good experience playing with someone like Marino," he recalled. "The guy is a Hall of Fame quarterback who could throw the ball tremendously well.

"Marino could throw the ball in places most quarterbacks wouldn't because he trusted his receivers — pretty much like Brett does today."