before 2005 what qb has the most passing yds through first 4 seasons

Before 2005, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 4 seasons, with 16,418 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	16,418	64	1,357	2,226	61.0	7.4	256.5	111	81	85.1	5.0	3.6	85	588
2	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
3	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
4	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	13,704	61	1,224	1,968	62.2	7.0	224.7	95	43	89.9	4.8	2.2	82	466
5	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
6	Joe Namath J. Namath	12,753	55	841	1,682	50.0	7.6	231.9	78	87	69.2	4.6	5.2
7	Kurt Warner K. Warner	12,651	44	939	1,403	66.9	9.0	287.5	98	53	103.0	7.0	3.8	87	549
8	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	12,464	56	1,014	1,798	56.4	6.9	222.6	86	51	82.1	4.8	2.8	135	855
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	10,997	52	952	1,699	56.0	6.5	211.5	54	80	66.7	3.2	4.7	150	874
17	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
18	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
19	Tony Banks T. Banks	10,469	56	854	1,583	53.9	6.6	186.9	53	50	72.6	3.3	3.2	165	1,050
20	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
21	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	10,402	44	865	1,389	62.3	7.5	236.4	65	52	85.2	4.7	3.7	114	611
22	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
23	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
24	Tom Brady T. Brady	10,233	48	955	1,544	61.9	6.6	213.2	69	38	85.9	4.5	2.5	104	625
25	Norm Snead N. Snead	10,212	54	669	1,375	48.7	7.4	189.1	60	83	63.0	4.4	6.0

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29.8

29.5

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Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

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Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000