most passing yards by an afc quarterback 2012 playoff included

Tom Brady had the most passing yards by an AFC quarterback in the 2012 regular-season and playoffs, with 5,491 yards in 2012.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,491	2012	NE	18	455	731	62.2	7.5	305.1	38	10	96.9	5.2	1.4	28	191
2	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	4,957	2012	BAL	20	390	657	59.4	7.5	247.9	33	10	93.4	5.0	1.5	41	265
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,949	2012	DEN	17	428	626	68.4	7.9	291.1	40	13	104.6	6.4	2.1	24	154
4	Andrew Luck A. Luck	4,662	2012	IND	17	367	681	53.9	6.8	274.2	23	19	75.1	3.4	2.8	44	267
5	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	4,613	2012	HOU	18	413	633	65.2	7.3	256.3	24	14	90.2	3.8	2.2	28	225
6	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	4,018	2012	OAK	15	345	565	61.1	7.1	267.9	22	14	85.3	3.9	2.5	26	199
7	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	3,796	2012	CIN	17	343	558	61.5	6.8	223.3	27	17	85.1	4.8	3.0	48	238
8	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	3,606	2012	SD	16	338	527	64.1	6.8	225.4	26	15	88.6	4.9	2.8	49	311
9	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	3,400	2012	BUF	16	306	505	60.6	6.7	212.5	24	16	83.3	4.8	3.2	30	161
10	Brandon Weeden B. Weeden	3,385	2012	CLE	15	297	517	57.4	6.5	225.7	14	17	72.6	2.7	3.3	28	186
11	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	3,294	2012	MIA	16	282	484	58.3	6.8	205.9	12	13	76.1	2.5	2.7	35	234
12	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	3,265	2012	PIT	13	284	449	63.3	7.3	251.2	26	8	97.0	5.8	1.8	30	182
13	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	2,883	2012	NYJ	15	246	453	54.3	6.4	192.2	13	18	66.9	2.9	4.0	34	209
14	Jake Locker J. Locker	2,176	2012	TEN	11	177	314	56.4	6.9	197.8	10	11	74.0	3.2	3.5	25	151
15	Chad Henne C. Henne	2,084	2012	JAX	10	166	308	53.9	6.8	208.4	11	11	72.2	3.6	3.6	28	169
16	Matt Cassel M. Cassel	1,796	2012	KC	9	161	277	58.1	6.5	199.6	6	12	66.7	2.2	4.3	19	101
17	Blaine Gabbert B. Gabbert	1,662	2012	JAX	10	162	278	58.3	6.0	166.2	9	6	77.4	3.2	2.2	22	158
18	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	1,367	2012	TEN	8	138	221	62.4	6.2	170.9	7	5	81.0	3.2	2.3	14	103
19	Brady Quinn B. Quinn	1,141	2012	KC	10	112	197	56.9	5.8	114.1	2	8	60.1	1.0	4.1	21	123
20	Charlie Batch C. Batch	475	2012	PIT	2	45	70	64.3	6.8	237.5	1	4	64.9	1.4	5.7	3	12
21	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	272	2012	PIT	2	25	53	47.2	5.1	136.0	0	1	54.9	0.0	1.9	3	24
22	Greg McElroy G. McElroy	214	2012	NYJ	2	19	31	61.3	6.9	107.0	1	1	79.2	3.2	3.2	11	71
23	Thad Lewis T. Lewis	204	2012	CLE	1	22	32	68.8	6.4	204.0	1	1	83.3	3.1	3.1	3	14
24	Tyrod Taylor T. Taylor	179	2012	BAL	7	17	29	58.6	6.2	25.6	0	1	62.3	0.0	3.4	3	30
25	Terrelle Pryor T. Pryor	155	2012	OAK	3	14	30	46.7	5.2	51.7	2	1	70.8	6.7	3.3	0	0

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