most passing yards by a player nfl week 1 2018

Drew Brees had the most passing yards in a Week-1 game in 2018, with 439 yards against the Buccaneers on September 9, 2018.

NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
439
9/9/2018
vs
37
45
82.2
9.8
3
0
129.5
6.7
0.0
1
7
2Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
424
9/9/2018
vs
34
51
66.7
8.3
3
1
103.7
5.9
2.0
1
6
3Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
417
9/9/2018
@
21
28
75.0
14.9
4
0
156.3
14.3
0.0
0
0
4Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
335
9/9/2018
@
23
41
56.1
8.2
1
3
60.5
2.4
7.3
4
22
5Case Keenum
C. Keenum
329
9/9/2018
vs
25
39
64.1
8.4
3
3
84.2
7.7
7.7
1
5
6Andrew Luck
A. Luck
319
9/9/2018
vs
39
53
73.6
6.0
2
1
93.2
3.8
1.9
2
14
7Derek Carr
D. Carr
303
9/10/2018
vs
29
40
72.5
7.6
0
3
62.8
0.0
7.5
1
3
8Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
298
9/9/2018
@
19
33
57.6
9.0
3
2
92.7
9.1
6.1
6
56
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
286
9/10/2018
vs
27
46
58.7
6.2
1
4
47.9
2.2
8.7
0
0
10Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
286
9/9/2018
vs
20
30
66.7
9.5
3
0
130.7
10.0
0.0
2
19
11Tom Brady
T. Brady
277
9/9/2018
vs
26
39
66.7
7.1
3
1
102.2
7.7
2.6
2
10
12Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
261
9/9/2018
@
15
33
45.5
7.9
1
3
45.1
3.0
9.1
3
24
13Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
256
9/9/2018
@
15
27
55.6
9.5
4
0
127.5
14.8
0.0
1
0
14Alex Smith
A. Smith
255
9/9/2018
@
21
30
70.0
8.5
2
0
118.1
6.7
0.0
3
8
15Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
251
9/6/2018
@
21
43
48.8
5.8
0
1
57.4
0.0
2.3
4
26
16Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
244
9/9/2018
vs
20
36
55.6
6.8
2
0
95.1
5.6
0.0
3
17
17Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
243
9/9/2018
@
21
28
75.0
8.7
2
1
109.7
7.1
3.6
2
14
18Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
236
9/9/2018
vs
25
34
73.5
6.9
3
0
121.7
8.8
0.0
1
0
19Jared Goff
J. Goff
233
9/10/2018
@
18
33
54.5
7.1
2
0
97.2
6.1
0.0
1
8
20Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
230
9/9/2018
vs
20
28
71.4
8.2
2
2
89.9
7.1
7.1
1
8
21Eli Manning
E. Manning
224
9/9/2018
vs
23
37
62.2
6.1
0
1
67.8
0.0
2.7
2
14
22Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
198
9/10/2018
@
16
21
76.2
9.4
2
1
116.8
9.5
4.8
2
18
23Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
197
9/9/2018
vs
15
40
37.5
4.9
1
1
51.8
2.5
2.5
7
47
24Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
176
9/9/2018
@
18
33
54.5
5.3
1
1
67.2
3.0
3.0
1
8
25Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
176
9/9/2018
@
17
34
50.0
5.2
1
1
62.9
2.9
2.9
3
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