what is the longest time between starts for a starting nfl qb

Tom Brady has the most career games by a quarterback as a starter, with 333 games.

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What is the longest time in the regular season between starts for a starting NFL qb?

	NAME	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	333	7,747	12,037	64.4	89,162	7.4	267.8	649	212	97.2	5.4	1.8	565	3,576
2	Brett Favre B. Favre	298	6,270	10,112	62.0	71,476	7.1	239.9	506	333	86.2	5.0	3.3	515	3,416
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	286	7,127	10,524	67.7	80,137	7.6	280.2	570	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	418	2,979
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	265	6,120	9,371	65.3	71,871	7.7	271.2	539	251	96.5	5.8	2.7	302	1,953
5	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	257	5,661	8,684	65.2	65,945	7.6	256.6	526	122	102.4	6.1	1.4	591	4,018
6	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	247	5,406	8,390	64.4	63,533	7.6	257.2	413	208	93.4	4.9	2.5	551	3,651
7	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	243	5,318	8,196	64.9	63,836	7.8	262.7	424	211	95.1	5.2	2.6	466	2,853
8	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	239	5,562	8,763	63.5	64,516	7.4	269.9	423	196	92.4	4.8	2.2	525	3,515
9	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	234	5,551	8,464	65.6	62,792	7.4	268.3	381	183	93.6	4.5	2.2	488	3,267
10	Eli Manning E. Manning	234	4,892	8,110	60.3	56,957	7.0	243.4	366	244	84.1	4.5	3.0	410	2,867
11	Dan Marino D. Marino	231	4,794	8,062	59.5	59,151	7.3	256.1	400	246	86.0	5.0	3.1	260	1,850
12	John Elway J. Elway	207	3,785	6,608	57.3	47,202	7.1	228.0	275	197	81.0	4.2	3.0	463	3,400
13	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	204	3,167	5,532	57.2	40,134	7.3	196.7	292	218	81.2	5.3	3.9
14	Warren Moon W. Moon	203	3,955	6,762	58.5	48,956	7.2	241.2	287	232	80.8	4.2	3.4	457	3,409
15	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	202	3,947	6,111	64.6	46,913	7.7	232.2	353	114	99.4	5.8	1.9	567	3,731
16	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	201	4,391	7,127	61.6	47,916	6.7	238.4	269	172	84.0	3.8	2.4	419	2,980
17	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	197	3,413	5,985	57.0	41,130	6.9	208.8	243	234	75.5	4.1	3.9	349	2,449
18	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	193	3,831	6,701	57.2	44,515	6.6	230.6	251	206	77.1	3.7	3.1	466	3,126
19	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	181	3,933	6,286	62.6	46,131	7.3	254.9	294	184	88.2	4.7	2.9	340	2,364
20	Kerry Collins K. Collins	180	3,366	6,057	55.6	39,475	6.5	219.3	203	191	73.6	3.4	3.2	328	2,164
21	Derek Carr D. Carr	169	3,765	5,785	65.1	41,245	7.1	244.1	257	112	92.8	4.4	1.9	303	1,890
22	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	169	3,509	5,601	62.6	39,355	7.0	232.9	251	151	87.3	4.5	2.7	360	2,340
23	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	167	3,882	5,809	66.8	44,129	7.6	264.2	294	127	97.2	5.1	2.2	341	2,445
24	Alex Smith A. Smith	167	3,185	5,095	62.5	34,922	6.9	209.1	195	105	86.9	3.8	2.1	420	2,391
25	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	165	2,898	4,715	61.5	32,942	7.0	199.6	165	141	81.6	3.5	3.0	259	1,748

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