most passing yards in a season with less than 450 completions before 2012

Before 2012, Tom Brady had the most passing yards in a season with fewer than 450 completions, with 5,235 yards in 2011.

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	NAME	YDS	CMP	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,235	401	2011	NE	16	611	65.6	8.6	327.2	39	12	105.6	6.4	2.0	32	173
2	Dan Marino D. Marino	5,084	362	1984	MIA	16	564	64.2	9.0	317.8	48	17	108.9	8.5	3.0	13	120
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,069	413	2008	NO	16	635	65.0	8.0	316.8	34	17	96.2	5.4	2.7	13	92
4	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5,038	421	2011	DET	16	663	63.5	7.6	314.9	41	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257
5	Eli Manning E. Manning	4,933	359	2011	NYG	16	589	61.0	8.4	308.3	29	16	92.9	4.9	2.7	28	199
6	Kurt Warner K. Warner	4,830	375	2001	STL	16	546	68.7	8.8	301.9	36	22	101.4	6.6	4.0	38	233
7	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,806	398	2007	NE	16	578	68.9	8.3	300.4	50	8	117.2	8.7	1.4	21	128
8	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,802	360	1981	SD	16	609	59.1	7.9	300.1	33	17	90.6	5.4	2.8	19	134
9	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	4,770	396	2009	HOU	16	583	67.9	8.2	298.1	29	15	98.6	5.0	2.6	25	149
10	Dan Marino D. Marino	4,746	378	1986	MIA	16	623	60.7	7.6	296.6	44	23	92.5	7.1	3.7	17	119
11	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	4,717	379	2004	MIN	16	548	69.2	8.6	294.8	39	11	110.9	7.1	2.0	46	238
12	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,715	348	1980	SD	16	589	59.1	8.0	294.7	30	24	84.7	5.1	4.1	32	210
13	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,710	357	2010	SD	16	541	66.0	8.7	294.4	30	13	101.8	5.5	2.4	38	227
14	Warren Moon W. Moon	4,690	404	1991	HOU	16	655	61.7	7.2	293.1	23	21	81.7	3.5	3.2	23	174
15	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	4,689	418	2002	OAK	16	618	67.6	7.6	293.1	26	10	97.3	4.2	1.6	36	214
16	Warren Moon W. Moon	4,689	362	1990	HOU	15	584	62.0	8.0	312.6	33	13	96.8	5.7	2.2	36	252
17	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	4,643	343	2011	GB	15	502	68.3	9.2	309.5	45	6	122.5	9.0	1.2	36	219
18	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,624	366	2011	SD	16	582	62.9	7.9	289.0	27	20	88.7	4.6	3.4	30	198
19	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,620	448	2010	NO	16	658	68.1	7.0	288.8	33	22	90.9	5.0	3.3	25	185
20	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	4,614	345	1984	STL	16	560	61.6	8.2	288.4	28	16	92.5	5.0	2.9	49	377
21	Trent Green T. Green	4,591	369	2004	KC	16	556	66.4	8.3	286.9	27	17	95.2	4.9	3.1	32	227
22	Kurt Warner K. Warner	4,583	401	2008	ARI	16	598	67.1	7.7	286.4	30	14	96.9	5.0	2.3	26	182
23	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,557	336	2004	IND	16	497	67.6	9.2	284.8	49	10	121.1	9.9	2.0	13	101
24	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	4,555	400	1994	NE	16	691	57.9	6.6	284.7	25	27	73.6	3.6	3.9	22	139
25	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	4,526	384	2008	DEN	16	616	62.3	7.3	282.9	25	18	86.0	4.1	2.9	11	69

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bills	3	0	1.000
Patriots	1	2	.333
Jets	1	2	.333
Dolphins	0	3	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	NE	@	BUF	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	LV	@	NE	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NYJ	@	NE	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	NE	@	MIA	4:25 PM

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Final

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Pass Yards Leaders

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Young

917

Shough

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Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

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9

Purdy

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Cousins

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Rush TD Leaders

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Henry

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Rec TD Leaders

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QB Rating Leaders

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Purdy

127.3

Lock

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Sack Leaders

6.0

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4.0

Anderson

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Graham

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32.7

31.0

30.7

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Opp PPG Rankings

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13.7

16.7

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Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

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401.7

399.3

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Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

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Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

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St. Brown

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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Kittle

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Kelce

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Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	IND	@	WAS	9:30 AM
Sun 10/4	ARI	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	NE	@	BUF	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
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