most passing touchdowns in a season by a 3rd year qb

Matthew Stafford had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his 3rd season, with 41 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	41	2011	DET	16	421	663	63.5	5,038	7.6	314.9	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257
2	Andrew Luck A. Luck	40	2014	IND	16	380	616	61.7	4,761	7.7	297.6	16	96.5	6.5	2.6	27	161
3	Josh Allen J. Allen	37	2020	BUF	16	396	572	69.2	4,544	7.9	284.0	10	107.2	6.5	1.7	26	159
4	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	35	2022	CIN	16	414	606	68.3	4,475	7.4	279.7	12	100.8	5.8	2.0	41	259
5	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	33	2013	CIN	16	363	586	61.9	4,293	7.3	268.3	20	88.8	5.6	3.4	29	182
6	Peyton Manning P. Manning	33	2000	IND	16	357	571	62.5	4,413	7.7	275.8	15	94.7	5.8	2.6	20	131
7	Jordan Love J. Love	32	2023	GB	17	372	579	64.2	4,159	7.2	244.6	11	96.1	5.5	1.9	30	242
8	Jared Goff J. Goff	32	2018	LAR	16	364	561	64.9	4,688	8.4	293.0	12	101.1	5.7	2.1	33	223
9	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	32	2001	SF	16	316	504	62.7	3,538	7.0	221.1	12	94.8	6.3	2.4	26	114
10	Jim Everett J. Everett	31	1988	RAM	16	308	517	59.6	3,964	7.7	247.8	18	89.2	6.0	3.5	28	197
11	Dan Marino D. Marino	30	1985	MIA	16	336	567	59.3	4,137	7.3	258.6	21	84.1	5.3	3.7	18	157
12	Derek Carr D. Carr	28	2016	OAK	15	357	560	63.8	3,937	7.0	262.5	6	96.7	5.0	1.1	16	79
13	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	28	2010	ATL	16	357	571	62.5	3,705	6.5	231.6	9	91.0	4.9	1.6	23	158
14	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	28	2006	CIN	16	324	520	62.3	4,035	7.8	252.2	13	93.9	5.4	2.5	36	233
15	Tom Brady T. Brady	28	2002	NE	16	373	601	62.1	3,764	6.3	235.3	14	85.7	4.7	2.3	31	190
16	Jeff Blake J. Blake	28	1995	CIN	16	326	567	57.5	3,822	6.7	238.9	17	82.1	4.9	3.0	24	152
17	Danny White D. White	28	1980	DAL	16	260	436	59.6	3,287	7.5	205.4	25	80.7	6.4	5.7	30	252
18	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	28	1963	STL	14	222	423	52.5	3,280	7.8	234.3	21	79.5	6.6	5.0
19	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	27	2014	MIA	16	392	590	66.4	4,045	6.9	252.8	12	92.8	4.6	2.0	46	337
20	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	27	2002	NO	16	283	528	53.6	3,572	6.8	223.3	15	80.1	5.1	2.8	36	236
21	Don Majkowski D. Majkowski	27	1989	GB	16	353	599	58.9	4,318	7.2	269.9	20	82.3	4.5	3.3	47	268
22	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	26	2020	CLE	16	305	486	62.8	3,563	7.3	222.7	8	95.9	5.3	1.6	26	162
23	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	26	2020	BAL	15	242	376	64.4	2,757	7.3	183.8	9	99.3	6.9	2.4	29	160
24	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	26	2019	KC	14	319	484	65.9	4,031	8.3	287.9	5	105.3	5.4	1.0	17	127
25	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	26	2019	HOU	15	333	495	67.3	3,852	7.8	256.8	12	98.0	5.3	2.4	44	257

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Texans - x	11	5	0	.688
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Sat 9/27	JAX	@	SF	26-21
Sat 9/27	IND	@	LAR	20-27
Sat 9/27	CHI	@	LV	25-24
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