most passing yds in first 17 games since 2011

Since 2011, Drew Brees has the most passing yards in his first 17 games, with 5,942 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,942	17	501	700	71.6	8.5	349.5	49	14	112.1	7.0	2.0	26	165
2	Tom Brady T. Brady	5,598	17	427	645	66.2	8.7	329.3	45	13	108.3	7.0	2.0	32	173
3	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5,418	17	449	706	63.6	7.7	318.7	44	18	97.2	6.2	2.5	36	257
4	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	5,381	17	405	615	65.9	8.7	316.5	50	13	111.7	8.1	2.1	28	186
5	Eli Manning E. Manning	5,210	17	382	621	61.5	8.4	306.5	32	16	94.7	5.2	2.6	29	206
6	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	5,210	17	399	592	67.4	8.8	306.5	49	8	116.9	8.3	1.4	43	266
7	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	5,011	17	458	683	67.1	7.3	294.8	33	13	96.7	4.8	1.9	36	246
8	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,949	17	428	626	68.4	7.9	291.1	40	13	104.6	6.4	2.1	24	154
9	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	4,855	17	390	615	63.4	7.9	285.6	28	20	89.4	4.6	3.3	31	203
10	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	4,694	17	361	597	60.5	7.9	276.1	22	21	82.9	3.7	3.5	29	212
11	Andrew Luck A. Luck	4,662	17	367	681	53.9	6.8	274.2	23	19	75.1	3.4	2.8	44	267
12	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	4,644	17	410	616	66.6	7.5	273.2	30	13	96.4	4.9	2.1	49	355
13	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	4,611	17	368	593	62.1	7.8	271.2	24	16	88.4	4.0	2.7	50	350
14	C.J. Stroud	4,557	17	354	553	64.0	8.2	268.1	26	5	101.7	4.7	0.9	38	331
15	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	4,530	17	372	595	62.5	7.6	266.5	30	19	89.4	5.0	3.2	36	254
16	Tony Romo T. Romo	4,491	17	368	551	66.8	8.2	264.2	34	11	104.0	6.2	2.0	38	244
17	Michael Vick M. Vick	4,449	17	341	578	59.0	7.7	261.7	22	20	81.6	3.8	3.5	34	184
18	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	4,376	17	371	607	61.1	7.2	257.4	29	12	90.7	4.8	2.0	28	189
19	Cam Newton C. Newton	4,354	17	333	550	60.5	7.9	256.1	22	19	84.5	4.0	3.5	38	272
20	Jameis Winston J. Winston	4,323	17	335	567	59.1	7.6	254.3	26	16	86.6	4.6	2.8	27	190
21	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	4,296	17	327	513	63.7	8.4	252.7	37	17	100.3	7.2	3.3	52	292
22	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	4,235	17	341	519	65.7	8.2	249.1	22	19	89.7	4.2	3.7	30	231
23	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	4,129	17	318	514	61.9	8.0	242.9	25	10	95.2	4.9	1.9	24	157
24	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	4,089	17	405	646	62.7	6.3	240.5	18	15	80.3	2.8	2.3	35	222
25	Gardner Minshew II G. Minshew II	4,058	17	364	577	63.1	7.0	238.7	27	9	93.1	4.7	1.6	43	260

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Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
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Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
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