most passing yards in week 16 games ever

Drew Brees has the most career passing yards in Week 16, with 5,431 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,431	19	480	714	67.2	7.6	285.8	30	16	94.5	4.2	2.2	29	215
2	Brett Favre B. Favre	4,656	18	385	636	60.5	7.3	258.7	31	20	86.2	4.9	3.1	35	239
3	Tom Brady T. Brady	4,443	20	416	644	64.6	6.9	222.2	37	13	95.4	5.7	2.0	31	199
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,323	16	362	548	66.1	7.9	270.2	28	12	97.9	5.1	2.2	17	98
5	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	4,193	15	370	547	67.6	7.7	279.5	33	5	106.7	6.0	0.9	30	246
6	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,094	16	357	591	60.4	6.9	255.9	25	12	86.9	4.2	2.0	25	182
7	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	3,984	16	328	505	65.0	7.9	249.0	27	14	95.4	5.3	2.8	38	250
8	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	3,863	14	336	489	68.7	7.9	275.9	24	5	104.4	4.9	1.0	28	142
9	Dan Marino D. Marino	3,778	15	315	538	58.6	7.0	251.9	29	19	83.4	5.4	3.5	20	137
10	Eli Manning E. Manning	3,592	15	297	520	57.1	6.9	239.5	15	22	70.4	2.9	4.2	29	232
11	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	3,331	17	263	446	59.0	7.5	195.9	25	13	88.9	5.6	2.9
12	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	3,270	13	295	465	63.4	7.0	251.5	13	11	83.7	2.8	2.4	20	125
13	Steve Young S. Young	3,252	14	230	370	62.2	8.8	232.3	24	9	102.0	6.5	2.4	26	169
14	Warren Moon W. Moon	3,075	11	228	398	57.3	7.7	279.5	14	8	85.4	3.5	2.0	24	159
15	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	2,865	13	246	402	61.2	7.1	220.4	27	7	97.9	6.7	1.7	48	341
16	Kerry Collins K. Collins	2,823	12	233	425	54.8	6.6	235.3	16	9	79.2	3.8	2.1	22	172
17	John Elway J. Elway	2,797	16	242	476	50.8	5.9	174.8	7	24	52.8	1.5	5.0	33	225
18	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	2,608	10	235	369	63.7	7.1	260.8	22	5	98.8	6.0	1.4	19	140
19	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	2,594	13	209	390	53.6	6.7	199.5	16	15	72.1	4.1	3.8	24	175
20	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	2,569	12	191	340	56.2	7.6	214.1	18	11	84.5	5.3	3.2	21	151
21	Jared Goff J. Goff	2,476	9	215	343	62.7	7.2	275.1	18	4	97.0	5.2	1.2	17	124
22	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	2,372	12	217	378	57.4	6.3	197.7	16	13	75.8	4.2	3.4	32	170
23	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	2,312	9	204	318	64.2	7.3	256.9	17	7	94.5	5.3	2.2	22	141
24	Joe Montana J. Montana	2,311	13	200	324	61.7	7.1	177.8	20	7	94.8	6.2	2.2
25	Derek Carr D. Carr	2,278	10	205	317	64.7	7.2	227.8	14	8	90.1	4.4	2.5	20	166

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RUSH

128

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PASS YDS/G

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Falcons	2	2	.500
Panthers	2	2	.500
Saints	1	3	.250
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Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NO	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	PIT	@	NO	9:30 AM
Sun 11/8	CLE	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	CAR	@	NO	1:00 PM

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Final

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1,214

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Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

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Robinson

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Olave

481

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11

Cousins

9

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7

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6

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Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

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QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

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Sack Leaders

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5.5

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4.5

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30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

Opp PPG Rankings

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16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

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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

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98.1

Walker

94

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91.4

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

75.2

Lamb

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St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

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Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
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	0	4	0	.000
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