before 1997 what qb had the most passing yds through first 4 seasons

Dan Marino had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 4 seasons, with 16,177 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	16,177	59	1,249	2,050	60.9	7.9	274.2	142	67	95.2	6.9	3.3	58	476
2	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	14,642	60	1,310	2,379	55.1	6.2	244.0	80	73	72.0	3.4	3.1	91	598
3	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	12,901	57	1,032	1,742	59.2	7.4	226.3	81	63	82.7	4.6	3.6	130	1,014
4	Joe Namath J. Namath	12,753	55	841	1,682	50.0	7.6	231.9	78	87	69.2	4.6	5.2
5	Warren Moon W. Moon	12,342	57	899	1,683	53.4	7.3	216.5	61	77	70.2	3.6	4.6	159	1,267
6	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	11,676	53	947	1,566	60.5	7.5	220.3	69	43	86.8	4.4	2.7	174	1,284
7	John Elway J. Elway	11,637	58	944	1,748	54.0	6.7	200.6	66	65	71.9	3.8	3.7	122	916
8	Jim Everett J. Everett	11,356	49	847	1,484	57.1	7.7	231.8	78	56	83.3	5.3	3.8	82	600
9	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	11,253	53	815	1,442	56.5	7.8	212.3	70	51	83.1	4.9	3.5	89	744
10	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	11,202	56	845	1,638	51.6	6.8	200.0	63	84	65.0	3.8	5.1	103	724
11	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	11,132	49	809	1,409	57.4	7.9	227.2	84	48	88.5	6.0	3.4	43	315
12	Doug Williams D. Williams	10,577	58	731	1,583	46.2	6.7	182.4	64	62	65.6	4.0	3.9	54	455
13	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	10,527	54	920	1,528	60.2	6.9	194.9	54	60	76.4	3.5	3.9	113	779
14	Brett Favre B. Favre	10,412	49	983	1,579	62.3	6.6	212.5	70	53	82.2	4.4	3.4	96	606
15	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	10,355	49	831	1,427	58.2	7.3	211.3	57	33	84.5	4.0	2.3	105	696
16	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	10,272	49	754	1,476	51.1	7.0	209.6	55	81	63.2	3.7	5.5	127	1,056
17	Norm Snead N. Snead	10,212	54	669	1,375	48.7	7.4	189.1	60	83	63.0	4.4	6.0
18	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	10,192	52	782	1,355	57.7	7.5	196.0	61	43	83.3	4.5	3.2	155	1,212
19	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	9,897	54	823	1,455	56.6	6.8	183.3	51	32	80.1	3.5	2.2	133	1,003
20	Otto Graham O. Graham	9,686	48	632	1,140	55.4	8.5	201.8	62	69	76.6	5.4	6.1
21	Jeff Blake J. Blake	9,640	45	794	1,431	55.5	6.7	214.2	66	41	79.8	4.6	2.9	89	557
22	Jeff George J. George	9,551	52	874	1,532	57.0	6.2	183.7	41	46	72.0	2.7	3.0	146	1,179
23	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	9,409	56	661	1,212	54.5	7.8	168.0	77	68	77.7	6.4	5.6
24	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	9,361	56	693	1,411	49.1	6.6	167.2	59	80	61.0	4.2	5.7	133	1,228
25	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	9,284	45	630	1,273	49.5	7.3	206.3	52	50	71.0	4.1	3.9	79	681

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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
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
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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
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Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176