most passing yards by a player in their third season

Matthew Stafford had the most passing yards in his 3rd season, with 5,038 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5,038	16	421	663	63.5	7.6	314.9	41	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257
2	Andrew Luck A. Luck	4,761	16	380	616	61.7	7.7	297.6	40	16	96.5	6.5	2.6	27	161
3	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	4,739	17	477	699	68.2	6.8	278.8	25	10	93.2	3.6	1.4	38	206
4	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,688	16	364	561	64.9	8.4	293.0	32	12	101.1	5.7	2.1	33	223
5	Josh Allen J. Allen	4,544	16	396	572	69.2	7.9	284.0	37	10	107.2	6.5	1.7	26	159
6	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	4,526	16	384	616	62.3	7.3	282.9	25	18	86.0	4.1	2.9	11	69
7	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	4,475	16	414	606	68.3	7.4	279.7	35	12	100.8	5.8	2.0	41	259
8	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,413	16	357	571	62.5	7.7	275.8	33	15	94.7	5.8	2.6	20	131
9	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	4,367	16	353	557	63.4	7.8	272.9	19	20	84.0	3.4	3.6	50	257
10	Don Majkowski D. Majkowski	4,318	16	353	599	58.9	7.2	269.9	27	20	82.3	4.5	3.3	47	268
11	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	4,293	16	363	586	61.9	7.3	268.3	33	20	88.8	5.6	3.4	29	182
12	Jordan Love J. Love	4,159	17	372	579	64.2	7.2	244.6	32	11	96.1	5.5	1.9	30	242
13	Dan Marino D. Marino	4,137	16	336	567	59.3	7.3	258.6	30	21	84.1	5.3	3.7	18	157
14	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	4,045	16	392	590	66.4	6.9	252.8	27	12	92.8	4.6	2.0	46	337
15	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	4,035	16	324	520	62.3	7.8	252.2	28	13	93.9	5.4	2.5	36	233
16	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	4,031	14	319	484	65.9	8.3	287.9	26	5	105.3	5.4	1.0	17	127
17	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	4,016	16	370	564	65.6	7.1	251.0	21	14	88.5	3.7	2.5	35	224
18	Joe Namath J. Namath	4,007	14	258	491	52.5	8.2	286.2	26	28	73.8	5.3	5.7
19	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	3,964	14	321	485	66.2	8.2	283.1	21	14	93.7	4.3	2.9	41	302
20	Jim Everett J. Everett	3,964	16	308	517	59.6	7.7	247.8	31	18	89.2	6.0	3.5	28	197
21	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	3,959	16	273	469	58.2	8.4	247.4	24	17	87.7	5.1	3.6	26	194
22	Derek Carr D. Carr	3,937	15	357	560	63.7	7.0	262.5	28	6	96.7	5.0	1.1	16	79
23	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	3,905	16	368	625	58.9	6.2	244.1	23	16	78.8	3.7	2.6	34	197
24	John Elway J. Elway	3,891	16	327	605	54.0	6.4	243.2	22	23	70.2	3.6	3.8	38	307
25	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	3,885	16	356	526	67.7	7.4	242.8	22	8	96.9	4.2	1.5	56	347

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,214

Goff

RUSH

353

Gibbs

REC

303

St. Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

29.8

4th

OPP PPG

31.8

31st

RUSH YDS/G

102.0

20th

PASS YDS/G

303.5

2nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	4	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	.750
Packers	2	2	.500
Lions	2	2	.500

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	DET	@	ARI	4:25 PM
Sun 10/25	GB	@	DET	4:25 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DET	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM

Last Game

Lions

2 - 2

Final

Panthers

2 - 2

Sun 4 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,381

Prescott

1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

Rush Yards Leaders

537

Walker

494

Robinson

421

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

507

Lamb

491

Olave

481

Smith-Njigba

Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

29.0

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

303.5

300.8

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

91.4

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

76.1

Lamb

60.3

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

48.4

Kittle

39.2

Johnson

36.6

Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

52

Reichard

48

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Best Record ATS

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3-1

1-4

1-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
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
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
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
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
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