before 1987 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	Warren Moon W. Moon	6,047	30	459	827	55.5	7.3	201.6	27	33	73.1	3.3	4.0	93	737
3	Joe Namath J. Namath	5,599	27	396	811	48.8	6.9	207.4	37	42	65.2	4.6	5.2
4	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	5,567	25	388	750	51.7	7.4	222.7	27	27	73.1	3.6	3.6	43	354
5	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	5,432	28	434	779	55.7	7.0	194.0	25	17	79.2	3.2	2.2	58	395
6	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	5,290	26	413	691	59.8	7.7	203.5	31	15	89.7	4.5	2.2	84	567
7	Norm Snead N. Snead	5,263	28	356	729	48.8	7.2	188.0	33	44	62.8	4.5	6.0
8	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
9	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	4,592	28	320	609	52.5	7.5	164.0	40	42	70.4	6.6	6.9
10	Bob Griese B. Griese	4,478	25	352	686	51.3	6.5	179.1	36	34	68.9	5.2	5.0
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Otto Graham O. Graham	4,148	24	284	518	54.8	8.0	172.8	31	36	72.1	6.0	6.9
17	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
18	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	4,048	24	282	499	56.5	8.1	168.7	33	27	82.5	6.6	5.4
19	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	3,973	25	302	533	56.7	7.5	158.9	30	15	87.4	5.6	2.8	37	341
20	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
21	Tom Flores T. Flores	3,914	28	326	618	52.8	6.3	139.8	27	31	66.1	4.4	5.0
22	Butch Songin B. Songin	3,905	28	285	604	47.2	6.5	139.5	36	24	71.7	6.0	4.0
23	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
24	Jim Finks J. Finks	3,791	23	289	628	46.0	6.0	164.8	28	33	58.6	4.5	5.3
25	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

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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
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
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
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Eagles - y	11	6	0	.647
Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
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Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
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Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176