before 1987 what qb had the most passing yds through first 3 seasons

Dan Marino had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 3 seasons, with 11,431 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	11,431	43	871	1,427	61.0	8.0	265.8	98	44	96.4	6.9	3.1	41	357
2	Joe Namath J. Namath	9,606	41	654	1,302	50.2	7.4	234.3	63	70	68.4	4.8	5.4
3	Warren Moon W. Moon	9,536	45	715	1,315	54.4	7.3	211.9	40	59	69.1	3.0	4.5	134	1,069
4	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	8,980	41	713	1,173	60.8	7.7	219.0	56	35	88.1	4.8	3.0	124	920
5	Norm Snead N. Snead	8,306	42	531	1,092	48.6	7.6	197.8	46	71	61.2	4.2	6.5
6	John Elway J. Elway	8,152	42	664	1,244	53.4	6.6	194.1	47	52	69.0	3.8	4.2	90	683
7	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	7,932	41	575	1,002	57.4	7.9	193.5	54	32	87.5	5.4	3.2	63	535
8	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	7,541	40	560	1,133	49.4	6.7	188.5	43	66	59.4	3.8	5.8	80	523
9	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	7,220	39	670	1,201	55.8	6.0	185.1	37	60	63.1	3.1	5.0	48	389
10	Doug Williams D. Williams	7,014	42	493	1,112	44.3	6.3	167.0	45	48	60.8	4.0	4.3	36	320
11	Otto Graham O. Graham	6,964	36	465	882	52.7	7.9	193.4	51	60	69.8	5.8	6.8
12	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	6,904	42	520	1,059	49.1	6.5	164.4	40	58	59.9	3.8	5.5	112	1,054
13	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	6,903	42	490	906	54.1	7.6	164.4	55	57	72.9	6.1	6.3
14	Bob Griese B. Griese	6,173	34	473	938	50.4	6.6	181.6	46	50	65.7	4.9	5.3	33	289
15	Phil Simms P. Simms	6,095	35	499	983	50.8	6.2	174.1	39	42	65.6	4.0	4.3	113	853
16	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	6,055	34	418	762	54.9	7.9	178.1	52	34	85.1	6.8	4.5
17	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	6,041	41	444	881	50.4	6.9	147.3	46	59	62.2	5.2	6.7	54	517
18	Tom Flores T. Flores	6,015	42	439	865	50.8	7.0	143.2	47	44	70.3	5.4	5.1
19	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	5,986	41	463	870	53.2	6.9	146.0	35	63	58.3	4.0	7.2	112	983
20	Tony Eason T. Eason	5,941	48	473	825	57.3	7.2	123.8	35	30	78.9	4.2	3.6	103	777
21	Jim Finks J. Finks	5,794	35	453	934	48.5	6.2	165.5	42	52	60.1	4.5	5.6
22	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	5,792	32	384	788	48.7	7.4	181.0	35	49	62.2	4.4	6.2
23	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	5,771	29	377	744	50.7	7.8	199.0	44	43	72.3	5.9	5.8
24	Archie Manning A. Manning	5,587	39	456	892	51.1	6.3	143.3	34	42	63.9	3.8	4.7	111	856
25	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	5,578	36	437	795	55.0	7.0	154.9	33	27	76.8	4.2	3.4	106	835

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Sun 9/13	MIA	@	LV	4:25 PM
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Sun 9/27	KC	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	MIA	@	MIN	4:05 PM
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19.1

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379.4

376.3

373.2

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144.5

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129.1

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262.3

256.1

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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
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
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Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
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Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
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Bears - y	11	6	0	.647
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