Richard Rodgers was 40 yards away from Aaron Rodgers on this one-yard touchdown catch. (USATSI)

When an NFL quarterback throws a one-yard touchdown pass, it doesn't usually make the highlight reel, but it does if that quarterback is Aaron Rodgers and he somehow throws that one-yard pass 39.4 yards in the air.

That's exactly what happened during the second quarter of Green Bay's 24-21 win over Minnesota.

On a first-and-goal play from the one-yard line, Rodgers rolled right and the Vikings defense followed him. Tight end Richard Rodgers threw a block and then ran a route -- and at that point, the Vikings defense lost track of him.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy noticed it was a pretty long throw.

"You usually don't have to throw the ball 20 or 30 yards for a 1-yard touchdown," McCarthy said, via ESPN.com. "I'm sure you guys will measure that out and correct me. But Richard ran a great route on the back side. It's a delay route. Aaron delayed more than he probably needed to, but it was obviously a great throw."

McCarthy's right about one thing, someone did measure it out and correct him.

Hello Pythagorean theorem.

Ahem. RT @RobDemovsky: The longest yard: How far Rodgers' 1-yard TD pass to Rodgers traveled. http://t.co/HhnOGm1UsL pic.twitter.com/lY21i4aY7M — Jason Wilde (@jasonjwilde) November 24, 2014

So that one yard pass went an estimated 39.35 yards. Lets round up to 39.4 to make things more even. That's a 118.2-foot throw for a one-yard touchdown.

Richard Rodgers was so open on the play that he literally started waving at his quarterback.

"I was just open, no one was really covering me, so I was just standing back there waving," Richard Rodgers said.

Aaron Rodgers almost didn't see the wave though because Richard Rodgers was 118.2 feet away!

"At the last minute, I kind of saw him [Richard Rodgers] out of the corner of my eye and knew I had to put a little something on that to get it over there," Aaron Rodgers said.