before 1985 what qb had the most passing yds through first 2 seasons

Dan Marino had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 2 seasons, with 7,294 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	7,294	27	535	860	62.2	8.5	270.1	68	23	104.5	7.9	2.7	23	200
2	Joe Namath J. Namath	5,599	27	396	811	48.8	6.9	207.4	37	42	65.2	4.6	5.2
3	Norm Snead N. Snead	5,263	28	356	729	48.8	7.2	188.0	33	44	62.8	4.5	6.0
4	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	5,222	28	484	880	55.0	5.9	186.5	25	43	61.8	2.8	4.9	34	275
5	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	4,592	28	320	609	52.5	7.5	164.0	40	42	70.4	6.6	6.9
6	Bob Griese B. Griese	4,478	25	352	686	51.3	6.5	179.1	36	34	68.9	5.2	5.0
7	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	4,354	28	327	683	47.9	6.4	155.5	27	41	56.7	4.0	6.0	75	704
8	David Woodley D. Woodley	4,320	28	367	693	53.0	6.2	154.3	26	30	66.7	3.8	4.3	41	318
9	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	4,320	27	327	612	53.4	7.1	160.0	21	46	56.1	3.4	7.5	74	663
10	John Elway J. Elway	4,261	26	337	639	52.7	6.7	163.9	25	29	67.9	3.9	4.5	52	376
11	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	4,258	24	312	690	45.2	6.2	177.4	28	46	51.2	4.1	6.7	36	239
12	Otto Graham O. Graham	4,148	24	284	518	54.8	8.0	172.8	31	36	72.1	6.0	6.9
13	Phil Simms P. Simms	4,064	25	327	667	49.0	6.1	162.6	28	33	61.7	4.2	4.9	75	552
14	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	4,048	24	282	499	56.5	8.1	168.7	33	27	82.5	6.6	5.4
15	Archie Manning A. Manning	3,945	26	316	625	50.6	6.3	151.7	24	30	63.3	3.8	4.8	83	679
16	Tom Flores T. Flores	3,914	28	326	618	52.8	6.3	139.8	27	31	66.1	4.4	5.0
17	Butch Songin B. Songin	3,905	28	285	604	47.2	6.5	139.5	36	24	71.7	6.0	4.0
18	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	3,879	27	284	576	49.3	6.7	143.7	29	38	60.5	5.0	6.6	40	362
19	Jim Finks J. Finks	3,791	23	289	628	46.0	6.0	164.8	28	33	58.6	4.5	5.3
20	Tony Eason T. Eason	3,785	32	305	526	58.0	7.2	118.3	24	13	85.3	4.6	2.5	75	548
21	Steve Fuller S. Fuller	3,734	30	339	590	57.5	6.3	124.5	16	26	67.0	2.7	4.4	86	592
22	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	3,685	22	295	505	58.4	7.3	167.5	21	20	78.5	4.2	4.0	69	462
23	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	3,669	27	286	591	48.4	6.2	135.9	19	46	46.6	3.2	7.8	58	529
24	Mike Pagel M. Pagel	3,634	24	274	549	49.9	6.6	151.4	17	24	63.4	3.1	4.4	56	407
25	Doug Williams D. Williams	3,618	26	239	591	40.4	6.1	139.2	25	32	52.8	4.2	5.4	13	126

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176