before 1990 what qb had the most passing yds through first 7 seasons

Dan Marino had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 7 seasons, with 27,853 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	27,853	103	2,174	3,650	59.6	7.6	270.4	220	125	89.3	6.0	3.4	83	670
2	John Elway J. Elway	21,195	100	1,665	3,070	54.2	6.9	212.0	120	114	73.6	3.9	3.7	207	1,589
3	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	19,376	94	1,562	2,710	57.6	7.1	206.1	116	79	82.0	4.3	2.9	316	2,385
4	Joe Montana J. Montana	19,262	103	1,627	2,571	63.3	7.5	187.0	133	67	92.4	5.2	2.6	151	1,067
5	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	18,876	94	1,483	2,768	53.6	6.8	200.8	100	124	68.5	3.6	4.5	191	1,418
6	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	18,350	85	1,296	2,285	56.7	8.0	215.9	126	76	87.3	5.5	3.3	155	1,277
7	Warren Moon W. Moon	18,300	84	1,339	2,441	54.9	7.5	217.9	101	99	75.9	4.1	4.1	206	1,654
8	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	18,010	86	1,252	2,316	54.1	7.8	209.4	148	119	79.4	6.4	5.1
9	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	17,667	98	1,228	2,276	54.0	7.8	180.3	142	114	79.3	6.2	5.0
10	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	17,589	82	1,471	2,467	59.6	7.1	214.5	96	68	83.0	3.9	2.8	261	1,942
11	Phil Simms P. Simms	17,585	85	1,326	2,492	53.2	7.1	206.9	104	103	72.5	4.2	4.1	268	2,077
12	Joe Namath J. Namath	17,283	78	1,144	2,281	50.2	7.6	221.6	107	122	68.8	4.7	5.3	19	180
13	Norm Snead N. Snead	17,232	89	1,162	2,323	50.0	7.4	193.6	112	131	67.3	4.8	5.6
14	John Hadl J. Hadl	16,773	98	1,081	2,188	49.4	7.7	171.2	133	134	69.9	6.1	6.1
15	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	16,485	93	1,123	2,188	51.3	7.5	177.3	114	140	67.0	5.2	6.4	156	1,317
16	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	15,502	84	1,181	2,256	52.3	6.9	184.5	108	114	69.2	4.8	5.1	216	1,889
17	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	15,471	92	1,208	2,127	56.8	7.3	168.2	99	69	81.7	4.7	3.2	195	1,448
18	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	15,207	88	1,239	2,191	56.5	6.9	172.8	107	93	76.7	4.9	4.2	150	1,229
19	Richard Todd R. Todd	14,763	86	1,125	2,105	53.4	7.0	171.7	92	112	68.2	4.4	5.3	188	1,536
20	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	14,739	80	1,141	2,005	56.9	7.4	184.2	82	101	72.8	4.1	5.0	150	1,047
21	Bill Kenney B. Kenney	14,621	79	1,118	2,043	54.7	7.2	185.1	90	72	77.5	4.4	3.5	160	1,219
22	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	14,593	88	1,292	2,256	57.3	6.5	165.8	78	102	69.4	3.5	4.5	131	1,095
23	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	14,550	95	1,069	2,113	50.6	6.9	153.2	92	94	68.9	4.4	4.4	191	1,535
24	Danny White D. White	14,452	101	1,132	1,894	59.8	7.6	143.1	108	87	83.6	5.7	4.6	146	1,267
25	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	14,353	97	943	1,905	49.5	7.5	148.0	124	94	75.9	6.5	4.9	26	227

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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
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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
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Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176